Misfortune is very bad luck, or the bad thing that happens because of it. It can be the weather of your life (a time of misfortune) or one event (losing a job, a fire, a sudden illness).

Misfortunemisfortune is very bad luck, or the bad thing that happens because of it是很糟的運氣，或是因為運氣不好而發生的壞事. It can be the weather of your life (a time of misfortune) or one event (losing a job, a fire, a sudden illness)可以是你人生的一段「天氣」（a time of misfortune），也可以是單一事件（丟了工作、一場火災、突然生病）.

The word does not say the person deserved it; luck, not blame, is the idea — though actually people sometimes say it politely when they mean a mess someone partly caused. It is a step more formal than bad luck or a hard time.

The word does not say the person deserved it這個字並不是在說這個人活該; luck, not blame, is the idea重點是運氣，不是責怪 — though actually people sometimes say it politely when they mean a mess someone partly caused不過其實，有時候人們會客氣地用它，其實心裡想的是某個人自己造成的一部分麻煩. It is a step more formal than bad luck or a hard time它比bad luck或a hard time更正式一點.

News, stories, and careful speech like it; among friends, 倒霉 or 'what rotten luck' is more common. You can have the misfortune to be somewhere when something happens, which is a set way of saying you were unlucky enough to be there.

News, stories, and careful speech like it新聞、故事，還有講究一點的講話會喜歡用這個字; among friends, 倒霉 or 'what rotten luck' is more common朋友之間比較常說「倒霉」或「what rotten luck」. You can have the misfortune to be somewhere when something happens你可以說have the misfortune to碰巧在某個地方發生某件事, which is a set way of saying you were unlucky enough to be there這是一種固定講法，意思是你倒霉到剛好人在那裡.

It is not a small annoyance. Missing a bus is bad luck; misfortune is the heavier word.

It is not a small annoyance它不是小小的煩躁而已. Missing a bus is bad luck錯過公車是bad luck; misfortune is the heavier wordmisfortune是比較重的那個詞.