败类

敗類

bàilèi

noun #11,606

Measure Word

一个败类 gè

Meanings

1 scum
2 degenerate
3 disgrace to one's group

Characters

type; kind; class

Examples

HSK 7-9

他是家族的败类。

Tā shì jiāzú de bàilèi.

He is the disgrace of the family.

HSK 7-9

社会上的败类应该受到法律的惩罚。

Shèhuì shàng de bàilèi yīnggāi shòudào fǎlǜ de chéngfá.

The scum of society should be punished by law.

Tips

memory

败 (defeat/ruin) + 类 (type/kind) = the 'ruined type' within a group - a person who brings shame to their kind.

Stroke Order

败 bài

类 lèi