横祸 (héng) — unexpected calamity, sudden misfortune

뜻

横祸 means a sudden, unexpected disaster (accident, tragedy) — not a natural disaster, but misfortune that strikes out of nowhere. Often used in the fixed phrase 飞来横祸 ('disaster strikes from the sky').

noun

unexpected calamitysudden misfortune

예문

，横祸。
Tā běn lái shēng huó hěn píng jìng, méi xiǎng dào fēi lái héng.
His life was originally very peaceful, but unexpectedly a sudden calamity befell him.
横祸。
Zhè cì jiāo tōng shì gù duì tā lái shuō zhēn shì héng.
This traffic accident was truly an unexpected disaster for him.
横祸。
Shuí yě méi xiǎng dào tā huì zāo yù zhè yàng de héng.
No one expected that he would suffer such an unexpected calamity.

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