灾 害 zāi hài calamity / disaster / CL:個|个[ge4] 危 难 wēi nàn calamity 浩 劫 hào jié calamity / catastrophe / apocalypse 劫 难 jié nàn calamity 惨 剧 cǎn jù tragedy / calamity / atrocity 灾 情 zāi qíng disastrous situation / calamity 大 祸 dà huò disaster / calamity 祸 患 huò huàn disaster / calamity 害 hài to do harm to / to cause trouble to / harm / evil / calamity 劫 jié to rob / to plunder / to seize by force / to coerce / calamity / abbr. for kalpa 劫波[jie2 bo1] 祸 huò disaster / misfortune / calamity 咎 jiù fault / to blame / to punish / calamity / misfortune 殃 yāng calamity 大 灾 dà zāi calamity / catastrophe 胡 越 Hú Yuè large distance / disaster / calamity 受 灾 shòu zāi disaster-stricken / to be hit by a natural calamity 幸 灾 乐 祸 xìng zāi lè huò lit. to take joy in calamity and delight in disaster (idiom) / fig. to rejoice in other people's misfortune / Schadenfreude 遭 殃 zāo yāng to suffer a calamity 逃 难 táo nàn to run away from trouble / to flee from calamity / to be a refugee 受 难 shòu nàn to suffer a calamity / to suffer (e.g. under torture) / distress 祸 水 huò shuǐ source of calamity (esp. of women) 劫 后 余 生 jié hòu yú shēng (idiom) to be a survivor of a calamity 横 祸 hèng huò unexpected calamity 祸 乱 huò luàn calamity and chaos / devastating disorder / great turmoil 受 难 者 shòu nàn zhě sufferer / a victim of a calamity / a person in distress 心 腹 之 患 xīn fù zhī huàn lit. calamity within one's bosom (idiom) / major trouble hidden within 祛 qū sacrifice to drive away calamity / to dispel / to drive away / to remove 禳 ráng sacrifice for avoiding calamity 大 难 不 死 dà nàn bù sǐ to just escape from calamity 多 难 兴 邦 duō nàn xīng bāng much hardships may awaken a nation (idiom) / calamity that prompts renewal 变 生 肘 腋 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 养 痈 贻 患 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 养 痈 遗 患 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 养 虎 为 患 yǎng hǔ wéi huàn lit. to nurture a tiger invites calamity / fig. to indulge one's enemy is asking for trouble (idiom) 刦 jié variant of 劫, to rob / to plunder / to seize by force / to coerce / calamity 刧 jié variant of 劫, to rob / to plunder / to seize by force / to coerce / calamity 刼 jié variant of 劫, to rob / to plunder / to seize by force / to coerce / calamity 城 门 失 火 , 殃 及 池 鱼 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 大 祸 临 头 dà huò lín tóu facing imminent catastrophe / calamity looms / all hell will break loose 天 有 不 测 风 云 , 人 有 旦 夕 祸 福 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 奇 祸 qí huò unexpected calamity / sudden disaster 打 蛇 不 死 dǎ shé bù sǐ beat the snake to death or it will cause endless calamity (idiom) / nip the problem in the bud 生 于 优 患 , 死 于 安 乐 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) 祛 邪 除 灾 qū xié chú zāi to drive away demons to prevent calamity (idiom) 趋 吉 避 凶 qū jí bì xiōng to seek luck and avoid calamity (idiom) 生 于 忧 患 , 死 于 安 乐 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 解 厄 jiě è (literary) to save from a calamity 大 难 临 头 dà nàn lín tóu to be facing imminent calamity (idiom) / disaster is looming 德 不 配 位 , 必 有 灾 殃 dé bù pèi wèi , bì yǒu zāi yāng calamity will befall those whose moral standards are not in keeping with their social status 逃 过 一 劫 táo guò yī jié (idiom) to survive a calamity / to get through a crisis