殃 (yāng) — disaster, calamity (bound form, used in compounds)

Definition

Examples

• 如果不好好准备，最后遭殃的就是你自己。
  Rú guǒ bù hǎo hǎo zhǔn bèi, zuì hòu zāo yāng de jiù shì nǐ zì jǐ.
  If you don't prepare well, in the end you'll be the one who suffers the disaster.
• 这场战争给人民带来了深重的祸殃。
  Zhè chǎng zhàn zhēng gěi rén mín dài lái le shēn zhòng de huò yāng.
  This war brought deep disaster upon the people.
• 城门失火，殃及池鱼，这次事件连累了无辜的人。
  Chéng mén shī huǒ, yāng jí chí yú, zhè cì shì jiàn lián lèi le wú gū de rén.
  When the city gate catches fire, the fish in the moat suffer — this incident implicated innocent people.