"Disaster" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 zāi nàn disaster / catastrophe
 zāi hài calamity / disaster / CL:個|个[ge4]
 dà huò disaster / calamity
 huò hài disaster / harm / scourge / bad person / to damage / to harm / to wreck
 zāi huò disaster
 huò shì disaster / doom
 huò huàn disaster / calamity
 jí nàn misfortune / crisis / grave danger / critical situation / disaster / emergency / to be zealous in helping others out of a predicament
 cǎn shì disaster
 nàn disaster / distress / to scold
 zāi yāng disaster
 huò disaster / misfortune / calamity
 niè son born of a concubine / disaster / sin / evil
 xià fā to issue (a memorandum etc) to lower levels / to distribute (e.g. disaster relief to victims)
 jiù zāi to relieve disaster / to help disaster victims
 zāi qū disaster area / stricken region
 kuàng nàn mining disaster
 zì rán zāi hài natural disaster
 zuì kuí huò shǒu criminal ringleader, main offender (idiom) / main culprit / fig. main cause of a disaster
 xìng zāi lè huò lit. to take joy in calamity and delight in disaster (idiom) / fig. to rejoice in other people's misfortune / Schadenfreude
 huàn ér child victim of disaster or disease / afflicted child
 sǐ lù dead end / (fig.) the road to disaster
 tuì qù to take off (one's clothes) / (fig.) to shed (one's former image etc) / (of a fad or the after-effects of a disaster etc) to subside / also pr. [tun4 qu4]
 rě huò to stir up trouble / to invite disaster
 xīn jīng ròu tiào lit. heart alarmed, body leaping (idiom) / fear and trepidation in the face of disaster
 tiān zāi natural disaster
 fáng zāi disaster prevention / to protect against natural disasters
 xiōng duō jí shǎo everything bodes ill, no positive signs (idiom) / inauspicious / everything points to disaster
 fáng huàn preventative measures / to guard against accident or disaster
 huò fú disaster and happiness
 zhèn zāi disaster relief
 yāng jí to bring disaster to
 zhòng zāi qū area particularly hard-hit by a disaster / disaster area
 huà xiǎn wéi yí to turn peril into safety (idiom) / to avert disaster
 chéng zāi disastrous / to turn into a disaster
 sǐ yú fēi mìng violent death (idiom) / to die in a disaster / an unnatural death
 miè shī loss (of sth through natural disaster, theft etc) (law)
 lí nàn to die in an accident or disaster / to be killed
 xùn nàn to sacrifice oneself in a just cause / a victim of a disaster
 rén huò man-made disaster
 shuǐ huàn flooding / water disaster
 zāi nàn piàn disaster movie
 zì qǔ miè wáng to court disaster (idiom) / to dig one's own grave
 mí tiān filling the entire sky / covering everything (of fog, crime, disaster etc)
 zāi huāng natural disaster / famine
 fēi lái hèng huò sudden and unexpected disaster (idiom)
 jiù zāi kuǎn disaster relief funds
鸿 āi hóng biàn yě lit. plaintive whine of geese (idiom) / fig. land swarming with disaster victims / starving people fill the land
 fēi mìng violent death / killed in a disaster
 méng nàn to meet with disaster / killed / in the clutches of the enemy / to fall foul of / in danger
 sāng luàn tragic disaster / disturbance and bloodshed
 zuò sǐ to court disaster / also pr. [zuo1 si3]
 chuāng yí wound / skin ulcer / (fig.) the desolation of trauma / desolation in the aftermath of a disaster
 báo zāi disaster caused by hail
 fú to cleanse / to remove evil / ritual for seeking good fortune and avoiding disaster
 gù variant of 禍|祸, disaster
 lí xiāng bèi jǐng to leave one's homeplace (to find work, flee disaster etc)
 yǐ luǎn jī shí lit. to strike a stone with egg (idiom) / to attempt the impossible / to invite disaster by overreaching oneself
 tiān bēng dì liè heaven falls and earth rends (idiom) / rocked by a major disaster / fig. violent revolution / major social upheaval
 zhāo zāi rě huò to invite disaster
 yù yì fǎn sǔn wishing for profit, but causing loss (idiom) / good intentions that lead to disaster / It all ends in tears.
 huò fú wú cháng disaster and happiness do not follow rules (idiom) / future blessings and misfortunes are unpredictable
 huò shǒu zuì kuí main offender, criminal ringleader (idiom) / main culprit / fig. main cause of a disaster
 fù cháo wú wán luǎn lit. when the nest overturns no egg remains intact / no member escapes unscathed from a family disaster (idiom)
 kāi mén yī dào leaving the door open invites the thief (idiom) / to invite disaster by giving evildoers a free hand
 fáng huàn wèi méng to prevent a disaster before the event (idiom) / to nip sth in the bud
 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 shāng shēn Rear a tiger and court disaster. (idiom) / fig. if you're too lenient with sb, he will damage you later / to cherish a snake in one's bosom
 yǎng hǔ yí huàn Rear a tiger and court disaster. (idiom) / fig. if you're too lenient with sb, he will damage you later / to cherish a snake in one's bosom
 huò jí to bring disaster upon
 bào yōu to report bad news / to announce failure, shortcoming or disaster
 cán yú (n) remains after a disaster / remnants
 jié yú remnants after a disaster / aftermath
 shòu zāi dì qū disaster area
 huí lù zhī zāi to have one's house burned down / fire disaster
 qí huò unexpected calamity / sudden disaster
 cǎn zāo bù xìng to meet with disaster / to die tragically
 qiǎng xiǎn jiù zāi to provide relief during times of emergency and disaster (idiom)
 rǎng zāi to ward off calamities / to avoid disaster
 cì shēng zāi hài secondary disaster (e.g. epidemic following floods)
 zāi chǎng disaster area / scene of accident
 zāi hài liàn series of calamities / disaster following on disaster
 huán jìng zhòng zāi qū environmental disaster area
 lí huò to suffer a disaster / to fall victim to misfortune
 lín nàn in peril / facing disaster
 jì dū concept from Vedic astronomy (Sanskrit Ketu), the opposite point to 羅睺|罗睺[luo2 hou2] / imaginary star presaging disaster
 zhōu jí disaster relief
 zhōu jí fú kùn disaster relief
 duǒ nàn to take refuge / to seek refuge from disaster
 biān huàn foreign invasion / disaster on border due to incursion
 zhòng zāi severe disaster
 zāi hài guǎn lǐ disaster management
 qì hòu zāi nán climatic disaster
  natural disaster reduction
  disaster resilient
  disaster resilient
  National Disaster Management Plan
  Inter-Agency Secretariat of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
  Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery
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