Character

灾 zāi

calamity, disaster, catastrophe

HSK 5 #1349

灾害 zāi hài HSK 5	calamity; disaster; CL:個\|个[ge4]
灾难 zāi nàn HSK 6	disaster; catastrophe
火灾 huǒ zāi	fire (that burns buildings etc)
幸灾乐祸 xìng zāi lè huò	lit. to take joy in calamity and delight in disaster (idiom); fig. to rejoice in other people's misfortune; Schadenfreude
自然灾害 zì rán zāi hài	natural disaster
灾祸 zāi huò	disaster
灾区 zāi qū	disaster area; stricken region
水灾 shuǐ zāi	flood; flood damage
受灾 shòu zāi	disaster-stricken; to be hit by a natural calamity
天灾 tiān zāi	natural disaster
灾星 zāi xīng	comet or supernova viewed as evil portent
旱灾 hàn zāi	drought
救灾 jiù zāi	to relieve disaster; to help disaster victims
防灾 fáng zāi	disaster prevention; to protect against natural disasters
多灾多难 duō zāi duō nàn	to be plagued with misfortunes; precarious
成灾 chéng zāi	disastrous; to turn into a disaster
虫灾 chóng zāi	insect damage; destruction of crops by pest insects
泛滥成灾 fàn làn chéng zāi	lit. to flood (idiom); fig. rampant; in plague proportions
灾民 zāi mín	victim (of a disaster)
天灾人祸 tiān zāi rén huò	natural calamities and man-made disasters (idiom)
洪灾 hóng zāi	flood
蝗灾 huáng zāi	plague of locusts
抗灾 kàng zāi	defense against natural disasters
灾荒 zāi huāng	natural disaster; famine
重灾区 zhòng zāi qū	area particularly hard-hit by a disaster; disaster area

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