祸 huò

misfortune, calamity, disaster

HSK 6 #1870

DEFINITIONS

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

STROKES

WORDS

惹祸 rě huò
HSK 6
to stir up trouble; to invite disaster
车祸 chē huò traffic accident; car crash; CL:場|场[chang2]
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
罪魁祸首 zuì kuí huò shǒu criminal ringleader, main offender (idiom); main culprit; fig. main cause of a disaster
祸害 huò hài disaster; harm; scourge; bad person; to damage; to harm; to wreck
大祸 dà huò disaster; calamity
闯祸 chuǎng huò to cause an accident; to make trouble; to get into trouble
灾祸 zāi huò disaster
祸水 huò shuǐ source of calamity (esp. of women)
祸根 huò gēn root of the trouble; cause of the ruin
祸不单行 huò bù dān xíng misfortune does not come singly (idiom); it never rains but it pours
祸事 huò shì disaster; doom
横祸 hèng huò unexpected calamity
天灾人祸 tiān zāi rén huò natural calamities and man-made disasters (idiom)
嫁祸于人 jià huò yú rén to pass the misfortune on to sb else (idiom); to blame others; to pass the buck
惨祸 cǎn huò terrible tragedy; grave mishap
战祸 zhàn huò disaster of war
祸福 huò fú disaster and happiness
祸首 huò shǒu chief offender; main culprit
人祸 rén huò human disaster
祸乱 huò luàn calamity and chaos; devastating disorder; great turmoil
祸患 huò huàn disaster; calamity
兵连祸结 bīng lián huò jié ravaged by successive wars; war-torn; war-ridden
包藏祸心 bāo cáng huò xīn to harbor evil intentions (idiom); concealing malice
因祸得福 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.
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