禍 huò

misfortune, calamity, disaster

DEFINITIONS

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

WORDS

禍事 huò shì disaster; doom
禍國殃民 huò guó yāng mín to damage the country and cause suffering to the people (idiom)
禍害 huò hài disaster; harm; scourge; bad person; to damage; to harm; to wreck
禍從口出 huò cóng kǒu chū Trouble issues from the mouth (idiom). A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble.
禍患 huò huàn disaster; calamity
禍根 huò gēn root of the trouble; cause of the ruin
禍水 huò shuǐ source of calamity (esp. of women)
禍福 huò fú disaster and happiness
禍福吉凶 huò fú jí xiōng fate; portent; luck or disasters as foretold in the stars (astrology)
禍福無常 huò fú wú cháng disaster and happiness do not follow rules (idiom); future blessings and misfortunes are unpredictable
禍福與共 huò fú yǔ gòng to stick together through thick and thin (idiom)
禍首 huò shǒu chief offender; main culprit
禍首罪魁 huò shǒu zuì kuí main offender, criminal ringleader (idiom); main culprit; fig. main cause of a disaster
紅顏禍水 hóng yán huò shuǐ femme fatale
罪魁禍首 zuì kuí huò shǒu criminal ringleader, main offender (idiom); main culprit; fig. main cause of a disaster
罹禍 lí huò to suffer a disaster; to fall victim to misfortune
肇禍 zhào huò to cause an accident
苞藏禍心 bāo cáng huò xīn to harbor evil intentions (idiom); concealing malice
車禍 chē huò traffic accident; car crash; CL:場|场[chang2]
闖禍 chuǎng huò to cause an accident; to make trouble; to get into trouble
飛來橫禍 fēi lái hèng huò sudden and unexpected disaster (idiom)
黃禍 huáng huò Yellow Peril, political novel by Wang Lixiong 王力雄[Wang2 Li4 xiong2]; yellow peril (offensive term referring to the perceived threat to Western nations, of immigration or military expansion from East Asian nations)
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