惨祸 (cǎn huò) — a tragic disaster; a horrible calamity

Definition

Examples

• 这场地震真是一场惨祸。
  Zhè chǎng dì zhèn zhēn shì yì chǎng cǎn huò.
  This earthquake was truly a horrible disaster.
• 谁也没想到会遭遇这样的惨祸。
  Shuí yě méi xiǎng dào huì zāo yù zhè yàng de cǎn huò.
  No one expected to encounter such a tragic disaster.
• 那场惨祸夺去了许多人的生命。
  Nà chǎng cǎn huò duó qù le xǔ duō rén de shēng mìng.
  That horrible disaster took many people's lives.