huò

misfortune, calamity, disaster

HSK 6 #1870

DEFINITIONS

  • misfortune, calamity, disaster
  • old variant of 禍|祸[huo4]
  • disaster
  • misfortune
  • calamity

STROKES

祸 stroke order diagram
祸 stroke order animation

WORDS

rě huò to stir up trouble; to invite disaster
chē huò traffic accident; car crash; CL:場|场[chang2]
幸灾乐 xìng zāi lè huò lit. to take joy in calamity and delight in disaster (idiom); fig. to rejoice in other people's misfortune; Schadenfreude
罪魁首 zuì kuí huò shǒu criminal ringleader, main offender (idiom); main culprit; fig. main cause of a disaster
害 huò hài disaster; harm; scourge; bad person; to damage; to harm; to wreck
dà huò disaster; calamity
chuǎng huò to cause an accident; to make trouble; to get into trouble
zāi huò disaster
水 huò shuǐ source of calamity (esp. of women)
根 huò gēn root of the trouble; cause of the ruin
不单行 huò bù dān xíng misfortune does not come singly (idiom); it never rains but it pours
事 huò shì disaster; doom
hèng huò unexpected calamity
天灾人 tiān zāi rén huò natural calamities and man-made disasters (idiom)
于人 jià huò yú rén to pass the misfortune on to sb else (idiom); to blame others; to pass the buck
cǎn huò terrible tragedy; grave mishap
zhàn huò disaster of war
福 huò fú disaster and happiness
首 huò shǒu chief offender; main culprit
rén huò human disaster
乱 huò luàn calamity and chaos; devastating disorder; great turmoil
患 huò huàn disaster; calamity
兵连结 bīng lián huò jié ravaged by successive wars; war-torn; war-ridden
包藏心 bāo cáng huò xīn to harbor evil intentions (idiom); concealing malice
得福 yīn huò dé fú to profit from a disaster (idiom); some good comes out of a setback; It's an ill wind that blows nobody any good.
Previous Next