倒好

dàohǎo

phrase #20,929

Meanings

1 instead it would be better
2 on the contrary (it would be fine if...)
3 used sarcastically to mean things turned out the opposite of good

Characters

on the contrary / instead

Examples

你不来倒好，来了反而添乱。

Nǐ bù lái dào hǎo, lái le fǎnér tiān luàn.

It would actually be better if you didn't come — coming only causes more trouble.

他帮倒忙，倒好，什么都搞砸了。

Tā bāng dàománg, dào hǎo, shénme dōu gǎo zá le.

He was counterproductive — everything ended up ruined.

Tips

usage

倒好 is used to express irony or resigned acceptance — what happened is opposite to what was hoped. Often appears in sarcastic or complaint contexts: 倒好，白忙一场 (great, all that effort for nothing).

Stroke Order

倒 dào

好 hǎo