"serve right" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 活该
• 咎由自取

Definition

用来表示某人活该，通常是在他们做了某事后遭遇不好的结果时说的。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

这是非常口语的用法，经常带点讽刺或批评的语气，如“活该”。只能在某人因自作自受而遭遇负面结果后使用。

Examples

It serves him right for lying to his friends.

他对朋友撒谎，**活该**。

If you don't study, failing the test serves you right.

你不学习，考试不及格是**咎由自取**。

Stealing is wrong, so getting caught serves her right.

偷东西是不对的，被抓到**活该**。

He laughed when I fell, but it served him right when he slipped too.

他看到我摔倒笑了，结果他自己滑倒了，**活该**。

Did your brother eat your cake? Well, that serves you right for leaving it out!

你弟弟吃了你的蛋糕？谁让你放在那里，**活该**！

Forget your umbrella again? It serves you right for not checking the weather.

又忘带伞了？不查天气，**活该**。