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Chinese
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good; well; be fond of
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bad; wicked; evil
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| trad. (好歹)
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好
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歹
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| simp. #(好歹)
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好
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歹
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| alternative forms
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好否 Hokkien
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Pronunciation
Noun
好歹
- good and evil
- mishap; misadventure; accident
你要有個好歹，我還怎麼活啊！ [MSC, trad.]
你要有个好歹，我还怎么活啊！ [MSC, simp.]- Nǐ yào yǒu ge hǎodǎi, wǒ hái zěnme huó a!
- How could I live should any mishap befall you!
Synonyms
- 善惡／善恶 (shàn'è)
- 好壞／好坏 (hǎohuài)
- 好䆀 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 好賴／好赖 (hǎolài)
- 是非 (shìfēi)
- 臧否 (zāngpǐ) (literary)
- 長短／长短 (chángduǎn)
- 黑白 (hēibái) (figurative)
Derived terms
Adverb
好歹
- in any case; after all
我好歹也是個國家金牌啊！ [MSC, trad.]
我好歹也是个国家金牌啊！ [MSC, simp.]- Wǒ hǎodǎi yě shì ge guójiā jīnpái a!
- I'm a national gold medalist after all!
- somehow; just; simply
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