完蛋

wándàn

verb #2,649

Meanings

HSK 3

如果迟到了，我就完蛋了。

Rúguǒ chídào le, wǒ jiù wándàn le.

If I'm late, I'm finished.

HSK 4

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!

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.

完 wán

蛋 dàn