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

他是家族的败类。

Tā shì jiāzú de bàilèi.

He is the disgrace of the family.

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