I am a foreigner, what does "a bad deal" mean?

This is the local dialect of Nanjing and Anqing, Anhui Province. It has two meanings, depending on the context.

1. It means "a mess, very bad", for example: the food in that restaurant is terrible = the food in that restaurant is very bad.

2. There are also adverbials that express "very". For example: a lot of money for a lot of people = a lot of people.

This word is very exaggerated, has a strong personal preference, and is very colloquial. Using this word when talking to strangers can easily cause disputes.

Extended information:

Synonyms: a mess

A mess, a Chinese idiom, the pinyin is yī tā hú tú, describing chaos or corruption that is beyond control.

Source: Guo Moruo's "Revolutionary Spring and Autumn Period·Student Times": "The newly opened middle school is even more of a mess, full of jokes."

Usage of idioms

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More formal; used as predicate, attributive, object, adverbial; with derogatory meaning

Example: No matter how well you do, someone will point fingers; even if you are a mess, you can still listen to the hymn.