禍 huò

misfortune, calamity, disaster

DEFINITIONS

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

WORDS

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