Her whole life was full of hardship — truly an ill-fated person.
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culture
Most often appears in the set phrase 红颜薄命 (hóngyán bómìng, 'beautiful face, thin fate') — a centuries-old trope that beautiful women suffer tragic destinies. Heavily traditional, used in classical novels and period dramas.
memory
Literally 'thin (薄) fate (命).' In Chinese fortune-telling, fate has thickness; a 'thin' fate is a meager, unlucky one.
