UNFORTUNATELY    不幸

CONTINGENT DISASTER.
MISFORTUNE UNLUCKILYSADLYREGRETTABLYUNHAPPILYALASSAD TO SAYINFORMAL WORSE LUCK
Modern Chinese Criteria
倒霉 倒運 背運 背時 背興 背 倒灶 不幸 不祥 不吉 不吉 薄命 晦氣 喪氣 命窮 觸霉頭 流年不利 生不逢辰 命途多舛 時乖命蹇 命乖運蹇 多災多難 禍不單行 雪上加霜 避坑落井 才出龍潭, 又入虎穴 剛離虎口, 又入狼窩 前門拒狼, 後門進虎 糟糕 壞 不得 不好 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hypernym
  • DISASTER　EVENT that CAUSES HUMANS to BECOME INTENSELY SAD OR to GRIEF:grieve. (anc: 9/0, child: 3)
  • EVENT　REALITY that ARISES in TIME. (anc: 8/0, child: 4)
  • REALITY　EXIST and NOT ONLY BE IMAGINED. (anc: 7/0, child: 5)
  • Divisiones quae vulgo dicuntur Aristoteleae ( DIVISIONES 1906) p. B46

  • Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography ( ROBERTS 1998) p. 609

    • Words (1 items)

    不幸  bù xìng OC: pɯʔ ɢreeŋʔ MC: pi̯ut ɦɣɛŋ 15 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VP[adNab]litotesbad luck; misfortune
    • VPadVlitotesunfortunately, by misfortune
    • VPilitotesbe unlucky