祸 (huò) — misfortune, disaster, calamity
Definition
祸 (huò) is a literary noun for 'disaster, calamity' — usually bad events seen as fated or large-scale (e.g. 车祸, 大祸), not small everyday mishaps.
noun
misfortunedisastercalamity
Examples
- 。Zhè chǎng hóng shuǐ gěi dāng dì dài lái le jù dà de zāi huò.This flood brought great disaster to the area.
- ，。Tā yīn wèi yì shí shū hu, niàng chéng le dà huò.Because of a moment's negligence, he caused a great calamity.
- ，。Tiān jiàng dà huò, bǎi xìng liú lí shī suǒ.A great disaster fell from heaven, and the people were displaced.
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