to cause sth unfortunate to happen (to oneself or sb else); to do sth inauspicious; to have a stroke of bad luck
trad. 觸霉頭
Also written 觸霉頭【chù méi tóu】
Characters in this word
3触
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
to touch, to make contact with sth, to stir up sb's emotions
- Pinyin
- chù
- Traditional
- 觸
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 24959 of 2500
霉
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mold, mildew, to become moldy
- Pinyin
- méi
- Strokes
- 15
- Frequency
- 12251 of 2500
头
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head, hair style, the top, end, beginning or end, a stub, remnant, chief, boss, side, aspect, first, leading, classifier for pigs or livestock, CL:個|个[ge4]
- Pinyin
- tóu
- Traditional
- 頭
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 773 of 2500