Taiwan Mandarin

DictionaryCommon words活該

WordTOCFL Level 4stative verb (adj.)Taiwan frequency #25,430

活該

huógāi·ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄍㄞ

“serve someone right; deservedly; ought to; should; used when someone's misfortune is seen as unavoidable or undeserved of sympathy”

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huó·ㄏㄨㄛˊ

to live; alive; lively; to work; to save a life; livelihood; active; not fixed

Should; ought to; must; to deserve; to owe; to be sb's turn; that; the above-mentioned; to encompass; to include.