"Harm" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 shāng hài to injure / to harm
 wēi hài to harm / to jeopardize / to endanger / harmful effect / damage / CL:個|个[ge4]
 sǔn hài harm / to damage / to impair
 sǔn shāng to harm / to damage / to injure / impairment / loss / disability
 huài chu harm / troubles / CL:個|个[ge4]
 dú hài to harm (sb's health) with narcotics etc / to poison (people's minds) / to corrupt / pernicious influence
 huò hài disaster / harm / scourge / bad person / to damage / to harm / to wreck
 hài chu damage / harm / CL:個|个[ge4]
 hài to do harm to / to cause trouble to / harm / evil / calamity
 è evil / fierce / vicious / ugly / coarse / to harm
 wù mistake / error / to miss / to harm / to delay / to neglect / mistakenly
 sǔn to decrease / to lose / to damage / to harm / (coll.) to ridicule / to deride / (coll.) caustic / sarcastic / nasty / mean / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes: ䷨
 fáng to hinder / (in the negative or interrogative) (no) harm / (what) harm
 bì detriment / fraud / harm / defeat
 shā (old) spear / lance / (literary) to cripple / to harm / to injure
 dú huà to poison (usu. figuratively) / to debase / to pervert / to harm
 dù hài to harm / to endanger
 bù fáng there is no harm in / might as well
 hài rén to harm sb / to inflict suffering / to victimize / pernicious
 wú sǔn to do no harm (to sth) / intact / (computing) lossless
 wú fáng no harm (in doing it) / One might as well. / It won't hurt. / no matter / it's no bother
 hé fáng what harm is there in (doing sth)
 sǔn rén to harm others / to mock people / to taunt / humiliating
 háo máo fine hair (on the body) / down / (often used figuratively as in 動毫毛|动毫毛[dong4hao2mao2] "to harm sb in the slightest way")
 sǔn rén bù lì jǐ to harm others without benefiting oneself (idiom)
 gǔ arch. legendary venomous insect / to poison / to bewitch / to drive to insanity / to harm by witchcraft / intestinal parasite
 tóu shǔ jì qì lit. to refrain from shooting at the rat for fear of breaking the vases (idiom) / to not act against an evil so as to prevent harm to innocents
 yǒu hài wú lì harmful and without benefit (idiom) / more harm than good
 cán mín hài wù to harm people and damage property (idiom)
 bìng mín hài guó to damage the people and harm the country (idiom)
 bìng mín gǔ guó to damage the people and harm the country (idiom)
 tóng yán wú jì children's words carry no harm (idiom)
 dàn shuō wú fáng there is no harm in saying what one thinks (idiom)
 shāng jí wú gū to harm the innocent (idiom)
 tù zi bù chī wō biān cǎo lit. a rabbit never eats the grass beside its own burrow (idiom) / fig. even a scoundrel does not do harm in his immediate neighborhood
 yán zhòng wēi hài severe harm / critical danger
 yǒu hài wú yì harmful and without benefit (idiom) / more harm than good
 pěng shā to praise sb in a way that does them harm (e.g. by causing them to become complacent)
 shēn tǐ shāng hài bodily harm
 jīng shén shāng hài mental harm
  significant harm
  harm reduction
 jiǎn hài harm reduction
  indiscriminate effect / indiscriminate harm
  appreciable harm
 bù pà shén yī yàng de duì shǒu , jiù pà zhū yī yàng de duì yǒu (saying) a boneheaded teammate can do you more harm than the most formidable opponent
 bù gān bù jìng , chī le méi bìng a little dirt never killed anybody (proverb) / a couple of germs won't do you any harm
 shuǐ néng zài zhōu , yì néng fù zhōu lit. water may keep the boat afloat but may also sink it (proverb) / fig. the people can support a regime or overturn it / if sth is used properly, one can benefit from it, otherwise it can do harm / things can be double-edged
 huáng dú pornography / the psychological harm of pornography
 dòng háo máo to lay a finger on sb / to harm sb in the slightest way
 zāo zhòng (slang) to suffer serious consequences or harm
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