灾祸
zāi huò
Pinyin

Definition

灾祸
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zāi huò
  1. disaster

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

火灾
huǒ zāi
  1. 1 fire (that burns buildings etc)
灾
zāi
  1. 1 disaster
  2. 2 calamity
灾难
zāi nàn
  1. 1 disaster
  2. 2 catastrophe
祸
huò
  1. 1 disaster
  2. 2 misfortune
  3. 3 calamity
祸害
huò hài
  1. 1 disaster
  2. 2 harm
  3. 3 scourge
  4. 4 bad person
  5. 5 to damage
  6. 6 to harm
  7. 7 to wreck
车祸
chē huò
  1. 1 traffic accident
  2. 2 car crash
  3. 3 CL:場|场[cháng]
人祸
rén huò
  1. 1 human disaster
受灾
shòu zāi
  1. 1 disaster-stricken
  2. 2 to be hit by a natural calamity
大祸
dà huò
  1. 1 disaster
  2. 2 calamity
天灾
tiān zāi
  1. 1 natural disaster
幸灾乐祸
xìng zāi lè huò
  1. 1 lit. to take joy in calamity and delight in disaster (idiom); fig. to rejoice in other people's misfortune
  2. 2 Schadenfreude
惹祸
rě huò
  1. 1 to stir up trouble
  2. 2 to invite disaster
成灾
chéng zāi
  1. 1 disastrous
  2. 2 to turn into a disaster
救灾
jiù zāi
  1. 1 to relieve disaster
  2. 2 to help disaster victims
旱灾
hàn zāi
  1. 1 drought
横祸
hèng huò
  1. 1 unexpected calamity
水灾
shuǐ zāi
  1. 1 flood
  2. 2 flood damage
泛滥成灾
fàn làn chéng zāi
  1. 1 lit. to flood (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. rampant
  3. 3 in plague proportions
洪灾
hóng zāi
  1. 1 flood
消灾
xiāo zāi
  1. 1 to avoid calamities

Idioms (20)

包藏祸心
bāo cáng huò xīn
  1. 1 to harbor evil intentions (idiom); concealing malice
因祸得福
yīn huò dé fú
  1. 1 to profit from a disaster (idiom); some good comes out of a setback
  2. 2 It's an ill wind that blows nobody any good.
天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福
tiān yǒu bù cè fēng yún , rén yǒu dàn xī huò fú
  1. 1 fortune as unpredictable as the weather, every day may bring fortune or calamity (idiom); sth unexpected may happen at any moment
天灾人祸
tiān zāi rén huò
  1. 1 natural calamities and man-made disasters (idiom)
嫁祸于人
jià huò yú rén
  1. 1 to pass the misfortune on to sb else (idiom); to blame others
  2. 2 to pass the buck
幸灾乐祸
xìng zāi lè huò
  1. 1 lit. to take joy in calamity and delight in disaster (idiom); fig. to rejoice in other people's misfortune
  2. 2 Schadenfreude
抢险救灾
qiǎng xiǎn jiù zāi
  1. 1 to provide relief during times of emergency and disaster (idiom)
有福同享，有祸同当
yǒu fú tóng xiǎng , yǒu huò tóng dāng
  1. 1 To enjoy blessings and endure misfortune together (idiom); for better or for worse
泛滥成灾
fàn làn chéng zāi
  1. 1 lit. to flood (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. rampant
  3. 3 in plague proportions
病从口入，祸从口出
bìng cóng kǒu rù , huò cóng kǒu chū
  1. 1 Illness enters by the mouth, trouble comes out by the mouth (idiom). A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble.
破财免灾
pò cái miǎn zāi
  1. 1 a financial loss may prevent disaster (idiom)
祛邪除灾
qū xié chú zāi
  1. 1 to drive away demons to prevent calamity (idiom)
祸不单行
huò bù dān xíng
  1. 1 misfortune does not come singly (idiom)
  2. 2 it never rains but it pours
祸不旋踵
huò bù xuán zhǒng
  1. 1 trouble is never far away (idiom)
祸国殃民
huò guó yāng mín
  1. 1 to damage the country and cause suffering to the people (idiom)
祸从口出
huò cóng kǒu chū
  1. 1 Trouble issues from the mouth (idiom). A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble.
祸福无常
huò fú wú cháng
  1. 1 disaster and happiness do not follow rules (idiom); future blessings and misfortunes are unpredictable
祸福与共
huò fú yǔ gòng
  1. 1 to stick together through thick and thin (idiom)
祸首罪魁
huò shǒu zuì kuí
  1. 1 main offender, criminal ringleader (idiom); main culprit
  2. 2 fig. main cause of a disaster
罪魁祸首
zuì kuí huò shǒu
  1. 1 criminal ringleader, main offender (idiom); main culprit
  2. 2 fig. main cause of a disaster

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