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Intermediate Mandarin Chinese: "Bad! Terrible! Horrible!" with eChineseLearning

1,132 views · Published 28 September 2018 · 7:24 · Indexed 6 November 2026

Channel: eChineseLearning · 2018 · Education

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In today's lesson, Teacher Becky teaches you how to express dissatisfaction about someone or something.

差劲 (chàjìn) = a word we use to express dissatisfaction

We usually add "儿 (ér)"  to say "差劲儿 (chàjìnr)".

When we want to express our disappointment or dissatisfaction in someone's skills or something's quality. 

Wǒ chànggē hĕn chàjìnr.
我唱歌很差劲儿.
My singing is so bad.
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If you are REALLY disappointed or dissatisfied, you could say the following two expressions: 

Tài chàjìnr! le!
太差劲儿了!

Zhēn chàjìnr!
真差劲儿!
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Another word that you can use to express that something is bad is:

烂 (làn) = rotten or decayed

While the word originally meant "rotten", it has evolved to mean "horrible" and we now often use it to express extreme dissatisfaction.

"烂 (làn)" is primarily colloquial language today.

Bié kàn la, nà bù diànyǐng hĕn làn.
别看啦, 那部电影很烂.
Don't watch it, that movie is horrible!
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Similar to "太差劲儿了! Tài chàjìnr le!", we can use the following expression to express when we are extremely frustrated or angry:

Tài làn le!
太烂了! 

Běijīng de jiāotōng tài làn le!
北京的交通太烂了!
The traffic in Beijing is terrible!
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