劫数 (jié shù) — fated calamity; predestined doom; unavoidable disaster
Definition
劫数 (jiéshù) is a fatalistic, literary word for a calamity that fate has already decided — it cannot be avoided or changed. Stronger and more doom-laden than ordinary 'disaster' (灾难), and carries a Buddhist sense of predestined suffering.
noun
fated calamitypredestined doomunavoidable disaster
Examples
- 劫数。Zhè chǎng zhàn zhēng duì tā lái shuō shì yì chǎng wú fǎ bì miǎn de jié shù.This war was an unavoidable calamity for him.
- ，劫数。Zài xiǎo shuō lǐ, zhǔ rén gōng shǐ zhōng táo bú guò zhù dìng de jié shù.In the novel, the protagonist can never escape his destined doom.
- 劫数，。Gǔ rén rèn wéi hàn zāi shì tiān jiàng de jié shù, bù kě kàng jù.Ancient people believed drought was a fated calamity from heaven, irresistible.
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