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殃及 (yāng jí) — to bring disaster upon; to involve (someone) in trouble

Definition

Formal verb meaning 'to bring disaster to' or drag others into one's own trouble. Implies damage spreads outward from the original source to innocent bystanders.

verb
to bring disaster uponto involve (someone) in trouble

Examples

  • 殃及。
    Zhè chǎng jīn róng wēi jī yāng jí le xǔ duō guó jiā.
    This financial crisis brought disaster to many countries.
  • 殃及。
    Tā de bú dàng yán lùn yāng jí le gōng sī shēng yù.
    His inappropriate remarks damaged the company's reputation.
  • 殃及。
    Gōng chǎng de pái fàng yāng jí le xià yóu jū mín.
    The factory's emissions harmed the downstream residents.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
主谓zhǔwèiSubject + predicate

A small sentence frozen into a word: something, and what it does or is.

殃yāngdisaster
及jíreach

“殃” disaster and “及” reach combine as disaster reaching someone, involving them.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
歹歹dǎi
Sound part声符shēngfú
央
央yāng殃yāng
Same sound today

殃 puts 歹 on the left and 央 on the right; 央 gives the sound, and 歹 carries the meaning.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

及 pairs 人 (person) with 又 (hand), showing a hand grabbing a person.

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