"Calamity" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 zāi hài calamity / disaster / CL:個|个[ge4]
 wēi nàn calamity
 hào jié calamity / catastrophe / apocalypse
 jié nàn calamity
 cǎn jù tragedy / calamity / atrocity
 zāi qíng disastrous situation / calamity
 dà huò disaster / calamity
 huò huàn disaster / calamity
 hài to do harm to / to cause trouble to / harm / evil / calamity
 jié to rob / to plunder / to seize by force / to coerce / calamity / abbr. for kalpa 劫波[jie2 bo1]
 huò disaster / misfortune / calamity
 jiù fault / to blame / to punish / calamity / misfortune
 yāng calamity
 dà zāi calamity / catastrophe
 Hú Yuè large distance / disaster / calamity
 shòu zāi disaster-stricken / to be hit by a natural calamity
 xìng zāi lè huò lit. to take joy in calamity and delight in disaster (idiom) / fig. to rejoice in other people's misfortune / Schadenfreude
 zāo yāng to suffer a calamity
 táo nàn to run away from trouble / to flee from calamity / to be a refugee
 shòu nàn to suffer a calamity / to suffer (e.g. under torture) / distress
 huò shuǐ source of calamity (esp. of women)
 jié hòu yú shēng (idiom) to be a survivor of a calamity
 hèng huò unexpected calamity
 huò luàn calamity and chaos / devastating disorder / great turmoil
 shòu nàn zhě sufferer / a victim of a calamity / a person in distress
 xīn fù zhī huàn lit. calamity within one's bosom (idiom) / major trouble hidden within
 qū sacrifice to drive away calamity / to dispel / to drive away / to remove
 ráng sacrifice for avoiding calamity
 dà nàn bù sǐ to just escape from calamity
 duō nàn xīng bāng much hardships may awaken a nation (idiom) / calamity that prompts renewal
 biàn shēng zhǒu yè lit. calamity in one's armpit (idiom) / a major coup happening on one's doorstep / trouble or danger in one's own backyard
 yǎng yōng yí huàn lit. to foster an ulcer and bequeath a calamity (idiom) / tolerating budding evil can only lead to disaster / to cherish a viper in one's bosom
 yǎng yōng yí huàn lit. to foster an ulcer and bequeath a calamity (idiom) / tolerating budding evil can only lead to disaster / to cherish a viper in one's bosom
 yǎng hǔ wéi huàn lit. to nurture a tiger invites calamity / fig. to indulge one's enemy is asking for trouble (idiom)
 jié variant of 劫, to rob / to plunder / to seize by force / to coerce / calamity
 jié variant of 劫, to rob / to plunder / to seize by force / to coerce / calamity
 jié variant of 劫, to rob / to plunder / to seize by force / to coerce / calamity
 chéng mén shī huǒ , yāng jí chí yú a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom) / the bystander will also suffer / fig. you can't escape responsibility for your actions / ask not for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee
 dà huò lín tóu facing imminent catastrophe / calamity looms / all hell will break loose
 tiān yǒu bù cè fēng yún , rén yǒu dàn xī huò fú fortune as unpredictable as the weather, every day may bring fortune or calamity (idiom) / sth unexpected may happen at any moment
 qí huò unexpected calamity / sudden disaster
 dǎ shé bù sǐ beat the snake to death or it will cause endless calamity (idiom) / nip the problem in the bud
 shēng yú yōu huàn , sǐ yú ān lè to thrive in calamity and perish in soft living / life springs from sorrow and calamity, death comes from ease and pleasure (idiom)
 qū xié chú zāi to drive away demons to prevent calamity (idiom)
 qū jí bì xiōng to seek luck and avoid calamity (idiom)
 shēng yú yōu huàn , sǐ yú ān lè to thrive in calamity and perish in soft living (idiom) / life springs from sorrow and calamity, death comes from ease and pleasure
 jiě è (literary) to save from a calamity
 dà nàn lín tóu to be facing imminent calamity (idiom) / disaster is looming
 dé bù pèi wèi , bì yǒu zāi yāng calamity will befall those whose moral standards are not in keeping with their social status
 táo guò yī jié (idiom) to survive a calamity / to get through a crisis
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