huó​gāi HSK7

to serve someone right

活该 活該 huó​gāi
to serve someone right verb
to deserve bad consequences; to be exactly what someone had coming, with the implication that they do not deserve sympathy

I deserve to be rejected.

to be destined to
ought to; should; to be bound to happen according to some natural order or fate

Frequency

Movie subtitles
7.84 per million appears in 4% of films
Written text
4.17 per million

Details

HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7

Sources