zāo

come across, meet with, encounter

HSK 6 #1048

DEFINITIONS

  • come across, meet with, encounter
  • to meet by chance (usually with misfortune)
  • classifier for events: time, turn, incident

STROKES

WORDS

遇 zāo yù to meet with; to encounter; (bitter) experience
受 zāo shòu to suffer; to sustain (loss, misfortune)
殃 zāo yāng to suffer a calamity
到 zāo dào to suffer; to meet with (sth unfortunate)
cǎn zāo to suffer (defeat, death etc)
miǎn zāo to avoid suffering; to avoid meeting (a fatal accident); spared
难 zāo nàn to run into misfortune
逢 zāo féng to encounter (sth unpleasant)
zhōu zāo surrounding; nearby
屋漏更连夜雨 wū lòu gèng zāo lián yè yǔ when it rains, it pours (idiom)
屋漏更連夜雨 wū lòu gèng zāo lián yè yǔ when it rains, it pours (idiom)
lǚ zāo to suffer repeatedly
lǚ zāo to suffer repeatedly
不测 lǚ zāo bù cè beset by a series of mishaps (idiom)
不測 lǚ zāo bù cè beset by a series of mishaps (idiom)
cǎn zāo to suffer (defeat, death etc)
不幸 cǎn zāo bù xìng to meet with disaster; to die tragically
不幸 cǎn zāo bù xìng to meet with disaster; to die tragically
破屋又连夜雨 pò wū yòu zāo lián yè yǔ see 屋漏偏逢連夜雨|屋漏偏逢连夜雨[wu1 lou4 pian1 feng2 lian2 ye4 yu3]
破屋又連夜雨 pò wū yòu zāo lián yè yǔ see 屋漏偏逢連夜雨|屋漏偏逢连夜雨[wu1 lou4 pian1 feng2 lian2 ye4 yu3]
拒 zāo jù to meet with a refusal (e.g. visa); to have an application rejected
瘟 zāo wēn to suffer from a plague; to endure a misfortune; a plague on him!
罪 zāo zuì to endure hardship; to suffer
難 zāo nàn to run into misfortune
不幸遇 bù xìng zāo yù unfortunate encounter
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