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Open the tool →命蹇时乖 (mìng jiǎn shí guāi) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to be plagued by continuous bad luck”.
命蹇时乖 is pronounced mìng jiǎn shí guāi in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 命蹇时乖 means “Destiny unfavorable, times adverse”. It is used to mean “to be plagued by continuous bad luck”.
蹇:一足偏废,引伸为不顺利;乖:不顺利。指命运不济,遭遇坎坷。这是唯心主义宿命论的观点。