bad egg in Mandarin

The mandarin vocabulary 坏蛋 can also mean scoundrel and bastard

Mnemomic to remember the meaning

You can remember the meaning of 坏蛋 with this easy mnemonic:

You are the only bad (坏) egg (蛋) in our class.

Using mnemonics to remember the meaning of Chinese characters like can have an enormous impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.

坏蛋 is made up of these characters

蛋

坏

These characters also appear in these words

坏蛋

鸡蛋

吓坏

滚蛋

笨蛋

混蛋

破坏

坏事

完蛋

坏人

蛋糕

Mnemomic to remember the reading

The reading of 坏蛋 is huài dàn.

You can remember how to say 坏蛋 with this useful mnemonic:

Why (huài) haven't you done (dàn) anything the teacher told us to do?

Using mnemonics to remember the reading of Chinese vocabulary like has a huge impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.

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How long does it take to learn Mandarin?

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