"Bad" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 糟糕 |  zāo gāo | too bad / how terrible / what bad luck / terrible / bad |   |
| 反面 | fǎn miàn | reverse side / backside / the other side (of a problem etc) / negative / bad | |
| 错 | cuò | mistake / wrong / bad / interlocking / complex / to grind / to polish / to alternate / to stagger / to miss / to let slip / to evade / to inlay with gold or silver | |
| 不良 | bù liáng | bad / harmful / unhealthy | |
| 不善 | bù shàn | bad / ill / not good at / not to be pooh-poohed / quite impressive | |
| 差劲 | chà jìn | bad / no good / below average / disappointing | |
| 可以 | kě yǐ | can / may / possible / able to / not bad / pretty good | |
| 不错 | bù cuò | correct / right / not bad / pretty good | |
| 差不多 | chà bu duō | almost / nearly / more or less / about the same / good enough / not bad | |
| 还好 | hái hǎo | not bad / tolerable / fortunately | |
| 脾气 | pí qi | character / temperament / disposition / bad temper / CL:股[gu3] | |
| 恶心 | è xīn | bad habit / vicious habit / vice | |
| 过得 | guò dé | How are you getting by? / How's life? / contraction of 過得去|过得去, can get by / tolerably well / not too bad | |
| 交代 | jiāo dài | to transfer (duties to sb else) / to give instructions / to tell (sb to do sth) / to explain / to give an account / to brief / to confess / to account for oneself / (jocular) to come to a bad end | |
| 帽子 | mào zi | hat / cap / (fig.) label / bad name / CL:頂|顶[ding3] | |
| 倒霉 | dǎo méi | to have bad luck / to be out of luck | |
| 复发 | fù fā | to recur (of a disease) / to reappear / to relapse (into a former bad state) | |
| 加重 | jiā zhòng | to make heavier / to emphasize / (of an illness etc) to become more serious / to aggravate (a bad situation) / to increase (a burden, punishment etc) | |
| 不至于 | bù zhì yú | unlikely to go so far as to / not as bad as | |
| 好坏 | hǎo huài | good or bad / good and bad / standard / quality / (coll.) very bad | |
| 不爽 | bù shuǎng | not well / out of sorts / in a bad mood / without discrepancy / accurate | |
| 坏人 | huài rén | bad person / villain | |
| 坏事 | huài shì | bad thing / misdeed / to ruin things | |
| 不和 | bù hé | not to get along well / to be on bad terms / to be at odds / discord | |
| 长短 | cháng duǎn | length / accident / mishap / right and wrong / good and bad / merits and demerits | |
| 反感 | fǎn gǎn | to be disgusted with / to dislike / bad reaction / antipathy | |
| 好歹 | hǎo dǎi | good and bad / most unfortunate occurrence / in any case / whatever | |
| 罪名 | zuì míng | charge / accusation / stigma / bad name / stained reputation | |
| 下水 | xià shuǐ | downstream / to go into the water / to put into water / to launch (a ship) / fig. to fall into bad ways / to lead astray / to go to pot | |
| 害得 | hài de | to cause or lead to sth bad | |
| 不差 | bù chà | not bad / OK | |
| 染上 | rǎn shàng | to catch (a disease) / to get (a bad habit) | |
| 变质 | biàn zhì | to degenerate / to deteriorate / (of food) to go bad / to go off / (geology) metamorphism | |
| 玉石 | yù shí | jade / jade and stone / (fig.) the good and the bad | |
| 口臭 | kǒu chòu | bad breath / halitosis | |
| 优劣 | yōu liè | good and bad / merits and drawbacks | |
| 坏蛋 | huài dàn | bad egg / scoundrel / bastard | |
| 厄运 | è yùn | bad luck / misfortune / adversity | |
| 臭味 | chòu wèi | bad smell / foul odor | |
| 凑合 | còu he | to bring together / to make do in a bad situation / to just get by / to improvise / passable / not too bad | |
| 尚可 | shàng kě | not bad / satisfactory | |
| 陷于 | xiàn yú | caught in (a bad situation) / to fall into (trap etc) | |
| 小动作 | xiǎo dòng zuò | bad habit (e.g. nose-picking) / petty maneuver / dirty trick / gamesmanship | |
| 酿成 | niàng chéng | to make (wine or spirits) / (fig.) to lead to (a bad result) | |
| 不巧 | bù qiǎo | too bad / unfortunately / as luck would have it | |
| 改掉 | gǎi diào | to correct (a bad habit etc) | |
| 祸害 | huò hài | disaster / harm / scourge / bad person / to damage / to harm / to wreck | |
| 洗刷 | xǐ shuā | to wipe clean / to scrub / (fig.) to get rid of (a bad reputation, a misconception etc) | |
| 吉凶 | jí xiōng | good and bad luck (in astrology) | |
| 恶习 | è xí | bad habit / vice | |
| 不赖 | bù lài | (coll.) not bad / good / fine | |
| 坏账 | huài zhàng | bad debt | |
| 撒野 | sā yě | to display shockingly bad behavior / to behave atrociously | |
| 晦气 | huì qì | bad luck / unlucky / calamitous / wretched | |
| 马马虎虎 | mǎ ma hū hū | careless / casual / vague / not so bad / so-so / tolerable / fair | |
| 魔掌 | mó zhǎng | the power of sb or sth evil / the clutches (of a bad person etc) | |
| 恶名 | è míng | bad name / evil reputation | |
| 陋习 | lòu xí | corrupt practice / bad habits / malpractice | |
| 良莠不齐 | liáng yǒu bù qí | good and bad people intermingled | |
| 过得去 | guò dé qù | lit. can pass through (an opening) / fig. can get by (in life) / tolerably well / not too bad / How are you getting by? / How's life? | |
| 愧对 | kuì duì | to be ashamed to face (sb) / to feel bad about having failed (sb) | |
| 恶俗 | è sú | bad habit / evil custom / vulgarity | |
| 不知好歹 | bù zhī hǎo dǎi | unable to differentiate good from bad (idiom) / not to know what's good for one / unable to recognize others' good intentions | |
| 大灰狼 | dà huī láng | big bad wolf | |
| 不欢而散 | bù huān ér sàn | to part on bad terms / (of a meeting etc) to break up in discord | |
| 恶徒 | è tú | hoodlum / bad guy | |
| 学坏 | xué huài | to follow bad examples / to be corrupted by bad examples | |
| 损友 | sǔn yǒu | bad friend | |
| 坏脾气 | huài pí qì | bad temper | |
| 劣迹 | liè jì | bad record (esp. of a public official) / unsavory track record | |
| 难兄难弟 | nán xiōng nán dì | lit. hard to differentiate between elder and younger brother (idiom) / fig. one is just as bad as the other | |
| 戒除 | jiè chú | to quit / to give up (a bad habit) | |
| 蓬头垢面 | péng tóu gòu miàn | messy hair and dirty face / bad appearance | |
| 同流合污 | tóng liú hé wū | to wallow in the mire with sb (idiom) / to follow the bad example of others | |
| 鼠辈 | shǔ bèi | a scoundrel / a bad chap | |
| 防空洞 | fáng kōng dòng | air raid shelter / bomb shelter / (fig.) place that protects bad people / hideout | |
| 发臭 | fā chòu | smelly / to smell bad | |
| 吃坏 | chī huài | to upset (one's stomach) by eating bad food or overeating | |
| 空头支票 | kōng tóu zhī piào | bounced check / bad check / (idiom) empty promise | |
| 歹人 | dǎi rén | bad person / evildoer / robber | |
| 呆帐 | dāi zhàng | bad debt | |
| 闹情绪 | nào qíng xù | to be in a bad mood | |
| 滥交 | làn jiāo | to fall into bad company / to make acquaintances indiscriminately | |
| 呆账 | dāi zhàng | bad debt | |
| 一丘之貉 | yī qiū zhī hé | jackals of the same tribe (idiom) / fig. They are all just as bad as each other. | |
| 江河日下 | jiāng hé rì xià | rivers pour away by the day (idiom) / going from bad to worse / deteriorating day by day | |
| 积重难返 | jī zhòng nán fǎn | ingrained habits are hard to overcome (idiom) / bad old practices die hard | |
| 霉气 | méi qì | a moldy smell / damp and rotten / fig. rotten bad luck | |
| 泥沙俱下 | ní shā jù xià | mud and sand flow together (idiom) / good and bad mingle | |
| 贻害 | yí hài | to have bad consequences | |
| 天下乌鸦一般黑 | tiān xià wū yā yī bān hēi | all crows are black (idiom) / evil people are bad all over the world | |
| 背运 | bèi yùn | bad luck / unlucky | |
| 不成体统 | bù chéng tǐ tǒng | not according with decorum (idiom) / scandalous / bad form / unacceptable behavior | |
| 污名 | wū míng | bad reputation / stigma | |
| 效尤 | xiào yóu | to follow a bad example | |
| 不是味儿 | bù shì wèi r | not the right flavor / not quite right / a bit off / fishy / queer / amiss / feel bad / be upset | |
| 扫帚星 | sào zhou xīng | comet / person who brings bad luck / jinx | |
| 黑五类 | hēi wǔ lèi | the "five black categories" (Cultural Revolution term), i.e. landlords, rich peasants, counterrevolutionaries, bad elements and rightists | |
| 坏分子 | huài fèn zǐ | bad element / bad egg / troublemaker | |
| 有口无心 | yǒu kǒu wú xīn | to speak harshly but without any bad intent (idiom) | |
