zāo

Translation

  • to meet by chance (usually with misfortune)
  • classifier for events: time, turn, incident

Synonyms

Examples

  • 公司受了巨大的损失。
    The company suffered big losses.
  • 日本非常容易受到地震。
    Japan is very subject to earthquakes.
  • 位处赤道附近一个狭窄区域的热带雨林,正在不断地受人类的破坏,预
    The tropical rainforests, located in a narrow region near the equator, are disappearing so fast that by the year 2000 eighty percent of them may be gone.
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