"Disastrous" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 bù dé liǎo desperately serious / disastrous / extremely / exceedingly
 cǎn zhòng disastrous
 chéng zāi disastrous / to turn into a disaster
 cǎn miserable / wretched / cruel / inhuman / disastrous / tragic / dim / gloomy
 zāi qíng disastrous situation / calamity
 yǔ guò tiān qíng sky clears after rain / new hopes after a disastrous period (idiom) / every cloud has a silver lining (idiom) / see also 雨過天青|雨过天青[yu3 guo4 tian1 qing1]
 chóng dǎo fù zhé lit. to follow in the tracks of an overturned cart (idiom) / fig. to follow a path that led to failure in the past / to repeat a disastrous mistake
 Huáng huā gǎng Huanghuagang (Chrysanthemum Hill) in Guangzhou, scene of disastrous uprising of 23rd April 1911
 zhàn huò disastrous conflict / bloody warfare
 yí hài wú qióng to have disastrous consequences
 yǔ guò tiān qīng sky clears after rain / new hopes after a disastrous period (idiom) / every cloud has a silver lining (idiom) / see also 雨過天晴|雨过天晴[yu3 guo4 tian1 qing2]
 yí hài wú qióng to have disastrous consequences / also written 貽害無窮|贻害无穷[yi2 hai4 wu2 qiong2]
 cǎn biàn disastrous turn / tragic event
 huā qián zhǎo zuì shòu to spend money on sth that turns out to be unsatisfactory or even disastrous
 zhé jǐ chén shā lit. broken halberds embedded in the sand (idiom) / fig. reminder of a fierce battle / remnants of a disastrous defeat
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