烧香遇到鬼，背时了燒香遇到鬼，背時了燒香遇到鬼，背時了

burning incense and meeting a ghost: out of luck

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Said when something unlucky happens unexpectedly; bad luck, as in 'my luck's out'.

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Simplified: 烧香遇到鬼，背时了
Traditional (Taiwan): 燒香遇到鬼，背時了
Pinyin: shāoxiāng yùdào guǐ, bèi shí le
Bopomofo: ㄕㄠㄒㄧㄤㄩˋ ㄉㄠˋ ㄍㄨㄟˇ，ㄅㄟˋ ㄕˊ ˙ㄌㄜ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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