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Pinyin zāi
Radical
Strokes
7
Definition
disaster / calamity
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灾 zāi 1. Water, fire, famine, and other disasters caused by natural calamities. 水、火、荒旱等所造成的祸害。 2. Personal misfortunes. 个人的不幸遭遇。 3. Damage and disaster caused by water or fire. 水~。火~。~难(nàn)。~害。~患。 4. Misfortunes that befall someone. 招~惹祸。幸~乐祸。破财消~。 本义 (Original Meaning): Fire disaster. 本义: 火灾 造字法 (Character Formation Method): Pictophonetic; the ancient oracle bone script resembles the shape of fire burning a house. Small seal script combines elements of water (川) and fire (火), as water and fire are sources of disaster. 【造字法】: 会意。甲骨文字形,象火焚屋的形状。小篆从川,表水;从火。水火都是灾祸之源。 1. Same as the original meaning (fire as a disaster). 同本义 ([En.] fire as a disaster) 2. Disaster; calamity; catastrophe. 灾害,祸患 ([En.] disaster; calamity; catastrophe) 3. Evil deeds. 罪恶 ([En.] crime) 动词 (Verb): 1. To harm; to suffer disaster. 伤害,使受灾害 ([En.] injury) 2. To burn. 焚烧 ([En.] burn) 3. See also zī. 另见 zī Further elucidation through ancient texts: 1. In "Shuo Wen," it states: "Heavenly fire is called 烖, derived from fire," indicating the sound. 2. In "Gong Yang Zhuan": "The large is called 灾, the small is fire." 3. In "Gu Liang Zhuan": "The nation is called 灾, the city is called fire." 4. In "Shi Ming": "The remainder of what is burned by fire is called 烖." 5. "Zuo Zhuan" mentions: "All fires; human fire is called fire, heavenly fire is called disaster." 6. "Zuo Zhuan" refers to: "In the fourth month of summer, the disaster in Chen happened (referring to a fire disaster)." Example usages: 如: 灾火 (fire disaster); 灾燀 (fire disaster) Additional meanings: 1. Disaster, calamity. 灾害,祸患 ([En.] disaster; calamity) Example usages: 如: 灾晦 (disaster; bad luck); 灾兵 (disasters brought by war); 灾疫 (referring to epidemics).
wú wàng zhī zāi
an accident / an undeserved catastrophe / unexpected calamities
zāi è
Disaster
zāi hài
calamity / disaster / CL:個|个[ge4]
zì rán zāi hài
natural disaster
xìng zāi lè huò
lit. to take joy in calamity and delight in disaster (idiom); fig. to rejoice in other people's misfortune / Schadenfreude
kàng zhèn jiù zāi
earthquake relief work / combat the quake and carry out relief work / carry out (one's) antiquake struggle and relief work / combat the earthquake and do relief work
jiù zāi
to relieve disaster / to help disaster victims
hàn zāi
drought
zāi yāng
disaster
fàn làn chéng zāi
lit. to flood (idiom) / fig. rampant / in plague proportions
hóng zāi
flood
lào zāi
damage or crop failure caused by waterlogging
zāi nàn
disaster / catastrophe
huǒ zāi
fire (that burns buildings etc)
zāi qū
disaster area / stricken region
zāi huò
disaster
zāi mín
victim (of a disaster)
shòu zāi
disaster-stricken / to be hit by a natural calamity
zāi qíng
disastrous situation / calamity
shuǐ zāi
flood / flood damage
zāi huāng
natural disaster / famine
tiān zāi
natural disaster
kàng zāi
defense against natural disasters
zhèn zāi
disaster relief
zāi nàn xìng
catastrophic
zhòng zāi qū
area particularly hard-hit by a disaster / disaster area
tiān zāi rén huò
natural calamities and man-made disasters (idiom)
huáng zāi
plague of locusts
zāo zāi
be hit by a natural calamity
báo zāi
disaster caused by hail

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