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人禍
rén huò
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human disaster
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兵連禍結
bīng lián huò jié
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ravaged by successive wars;
war-torn;
war-ridden
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包藏禍心
bāo cáng huò xīn
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to harbor evil intentions (idiom); concealing malice
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因禍得福
yīn huò dé fú
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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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大禍
dà huò
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disaster;
calamity
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大禍臨頭
dà huò lín tóu
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facing imminent catastrophe;
calamity looms;
all hell will break loose
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天有不測風雲，人有旦夕禍福
tiān yǒu bù cè fēng yún ， rén yǒu dàn xī huò fú
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fortune as unpredictable as the weather, every day may bring fortune or calamity (idiom); sth unexpected may happen at any moment
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天災人禍
tiān zāi rén huò
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natural calamities and man-made disasters (idiom)
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奇禍
qí huò
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unexpected calamity;
sudden disaster
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嫁禍
jià huò
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to impute;
to shift the blame onto someone else
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嫁禍於人
jià huò yú rén
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to pass the misfortune on to sb else (idiom); to blame others;
to pass the buck
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巫蠱之禍
wū gǔ zhī huò
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91 BC attempted coup d'etat against Emperor Wu of Han 漢武帝|汉武帝, beginning with accusations of witchcraft
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幸災樂禍
xìng zāi lè huò
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lit. to take joy in calamity and delight in disaster (idiom); fig. to rejoice in other people's misfortune;
Schadenfreude
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惹禍
rě huò
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to stir up trouble;
to invite disaster
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慘禍
cǎn huò
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terrible tragedy;
grave mishap
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戰禍
zhàn huò
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disaster of war
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戳禍
chuō huò
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to stir up trouble
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招災惹禍
zhāo zāi rě huò
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to invite disaster
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有福同享，有禍同當
yǒu fú tóng xiǎng ， yǒu huò tóng dāng
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To enjoy blessings and endure misfortune together (idiom); for better or for worse
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橫禍
hèng huò
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unexpected calamity
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災禍
zāi huò
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disaster
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病從口入，禍從口出
bìng cóng kǒu rù ， huò cóng kǒu chū
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Illness enters by the mouth, trouble comes out by the mouth (idiom). A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble.
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禍不單行
huò bù dān xíng
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misfortune does not come singly (idiom);
it never rains but it pours
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禍不旋踵
huò bù xuán zhǒng
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trouble is never far away (idiom)
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禍亂
huò luàn
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calamity and chaos;
devastating disorder;
great turmoil
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