累坏 (lèihuài): to be exhausted

Meanings

1 to be exhausted
2 to be worn out from exertion

Characters

累

Examples

今天加班把我累坏了。

Jīntiān jiābān bǎ wǒ lèihuài le.

Working overtime today wore me out.

搬家三天，全家人都累坏了。

Bānjiā sān tiān, quán jiā rén dōu lèihuài le.

After three days of moving, the whole family was exhausted.

Tips

grammar

累坏 is a 'verb + result complement' — 累 ('tired') + 坏 ('to the point of breaking'). It almost always pairs with 了 (le): 累坏了, meaning the exhaustion has actually happened. Same pattern as 气坏了 (qìhuài le 'furious'), 笑坏了 (xiàohuài le 'laughed to pieces').

mistakes

累 has two tones: lèi (tired, this word) vs. lěi (to accumulate, as in 积累 jīlěi). Don't mix them up — different word, different pronunciation.