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好歹

hǎo dǎi

2-character word

What 好歹 means

1. good and bad
2. most unfortunate occurrence
3. in any case
4. whatever

The characters in 好歹

• 好hǎogood; appropriate; proper; all right!
• 歹dǎibad; wicked; evil

Example sentences

• 这个小孩不知好歹。
  Zhège xiǎohái bùzhīhǎodǎi.
  This child don't know what's coming for him.

Words containing 好歹

• 不知好歹bù zhī hǎo dǎiunable to differentiate good from bad (idiom); not to know what's good for one…
• 不识好歹bù shí hǎo dǎiunable to tell good from bad (idiom); undiscriminating