完蛋

wándàn

verb HSK 7-9 #2,649

Meanings

1 to be done for
2 to be finished
3 to be doomed

Characters

to finish; complete

Examples

完蛋了！我忘了带钥匙！

Wándàn le! Wǒ wàng le dài yàoshi!

I'm done for! I forgot to bring my keys!

如果迟到了，我就完蛋了。

Rúguǒ chídào le, wǒ jiù wándàn le.

If I'm late, I'm finished.

Tips

register

完蛋 is colloquial/informal. It expresses a sense of doom or that everything has gone wrong. Avoid using it in formal writing or speech.

memory

Literally 'finished egg' — think of an egg that has cracked and is ruined, beyond saving.

Stroke Order

完 wán

蛋 dàn