<p>What did she do, poor waif?</p>
<p>活该臭死她才好。<br />
She deserves death by stench!</p>

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Pedroski
<p>臭 : (n)stink; (adj)stinking; smelly</p>
<p>臭 here is acting as a verb, meaning &quot;to subject ones to stinking smell&quot;</p>
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<p>臭死她才好 --&gt; &quot;it is right to stink her to death (kill her with stinking smell)&quot;</p>
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<p>Foul smell is not a lethal substance, the phrase is just an expression, similar to &quot;悶死她 (bore her to death)&quot;  where &quot;悶 (bore)&quot; is used as a verb for &quot;subject one to boredom&quot;</p>
<p><em>Side note: 臭 stinking can be used as an adjective for derogatory word, e.g. 小子(kid) --&gt; 臭小子(stinky kid)  = 可惡的小子 (damn kid)</em></p>

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Tang Ho
<p>臭死她才好 - let her smell/suffer the stinky smell to death. An unsympathetic comment towards a girl/woman who is in a stinky environment, or encounters something that has a bad smell (like dead fish, or fart).</p>
<p><strong>Add after &quot;Edit&quot;</strong>:</p>
<p>It means she is tangled in an eye-catching, controversial matter/event that tarnishes her reputation. This matter/event has the effect that is similar to dirt her with stinky stuff and letting her suffer the bad consequence/smell.</p>

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r13
<p>They are talking about a girl in an embarrassing video that went viral<br>
活该 臭死她才好<br>
&quot;Serves her right...&quot; I don't get the rest. <br><br>
Edit: There's nothing about a smelly environment in the video but more the emphasis that her reputation is tarnished making people avoid her. Does it still mean smell to death?</p>

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Meaning of 活该 臭死她才好?
# Meaning of 活该 臭死她才好?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-03-15)

They are talking about a girl in an embarrassing video that went viral  
活该 臭死她才好  
"Serves her right..." I don't get the rest.   
  
Edit: There's nothing about a smelly environment in the video but more the emphasis that her reputation is tarnished making people avoid her. Does it still mean smell to death?

**Tags:** translation, meaning-in-context, mandarin


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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2022-03-16. Score: 1

What did she do, poor waif?

活该臭死她才好。  
She deserves death by stench!


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### Answer by username_2 on 2022-03-15. Score: 1

臭 : (n)stink; (adj)stinking; smelly

臭 here is acting as a verb, meaning "to subject ones to stinking smell"

> 臭死她才好 --> "it is right to stink her to death (kill her with stinking smell)"

Foul smell is not a lethal substance, the phrase is just an expression, similar to "悶死她 (bore her to death)" where "悶 (bore)" is used as a verb for "subject one to boredom"

*Side note: 臭 stinking can be used as an adjective for derogatory word, e.g. 小子(kid) --> 臭小子(stinky kid) = 可惡的小子 (damn kid)*


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### Answer by username_3 on 2022-03-15. Score: 1

臭死她才好 - let her smell/suffer the stinky smell to death. An unsympathetic comment towards a girl/woman who is in a stinky environment, or encounters something that has a bad smell (like dead fish, or fart).

**Add after "Edit"**:

It means she is tangled in an eye-catching, controversial matter/event that tarnishes her reputation. This matter/event has the effect that is similar to dirt her with stinky stuff and letting her suffer the bad consequence/smell.


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