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薄命

bó mìng

2-character word

What 薄命 means

1. to be born under an unlucky star (usu. of women)
2. to be born unlucky

The characters in 薄命

• 薄bómeager; slight; weak
• 命mìnglife; fate; order or command

Words containing 薄命

• 红颜薄命hóng yán bó mìngbeautiful women suffer unhappy fates (idiom)

Sounds the same

Read bó mìng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 搏命to fight with all one has

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