灭顶之灾 miè dǐng zhī zāi

DEFINITIONS

  1. catastrophe; disaster; calamity that strikes at the very top of one's head (idiom)

CHARACTERS

灭 miè
HSK 6
extinguish; wipe out, exterminate
顶 dǐng
HSK 5
top, summit, peak; to carry on the head
之 zhī
HSK 4
marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
灾 zāi
HSK 5
calamity, disaster, catastrophe