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

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Zhè chǎng hóng shuǐ gěi dāng dì dài lái le jù dà de zāi huò.
This flood brought great disaster to the area.
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Tā yīn wèi yì shí shū hu, niàng chéng le dà huò.
Because of a moment's negligence, he caused a great calamity.
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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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