祸 - huò - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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禍 (祸)

huò

Definition

disaster
to bring disaster (upon)
ruin
misfortune
calamity
tragedy

Character Decomposition

Related words (29)

禍亂

huò luàn

calamity and chaos; devastating disorder; great turmoil

disaster; doom

disaster; harm; scourge; bad person; to damage; to harm; to wreck

disaster; calamity

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

禍首

huò shǒu

chief offender; main culprit

禍福吉凶

huò fú jí xiōng

fate; portent; luck or disasters as foretold in the stars (astrology)

human disaster

disaster; calamity

unexpected calamity; sudden disaster

嫁禍

jià huò

to impute; to shift the blame onto someone else

慘禍

cǎn huò

terrible tragedy; grave mishap

惹禍

rě huò

to stir up trouble; to invite disaster

disaster of war

to stir up trouble

unexpected calamity

disaster

to suffer a disaster; to fall victim to misfortune

肇禍

zhào huò

the cause (of the disaster); the initial (accident)

車禍

chē huò

car accident; traffic accident; car crash

闖禍

chuǎng huò

to get into trouble; to suffer disaster; to suffer an accident; to induce or cause a disaster or misfortune

黃禍

huáng huò

yellow peril (offensive term referring to the perceived threat to Western nations, of immigration or military expansion from East Asian nations)

兵連禍結

bīng lián huò jié

ravaged by successive wars; war-torn; war-ridden

大禍臨頭

dà huò lín tóu

facing imminent catastrophe; calamity looms; all hell will break loose

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

to invite disaster

femme fatale

Idioms (14)

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)

禍國殃民

huò guó yāng mín

to damage the country and cause suffering to the people (idiom)

禍福與共

huò fú yǔ gòng

to stick together through thick and thin (idiom)

禍福無常

huò fú wú cháng

disaster and happiness do not follow rules (idiom); future blessings and misfortunes are unpredictable

禍首罪魁

huò shǒu zuì kuí

main offender, criminal ringleader (idiom); main culprit; (fig.) main cause of a disaster

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.

天災人禍

tiān zāi rén huò

natural and man-made disasters (idiom); natural calamities (flood, drought, earthquake) added to human calamity (fire, famine, war,...)

嫁禍於人

jià huò yú rén

to pass the misfortune on to sb else (idiom); to blame others; to pass the buck

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

罪魁禍首

zuì kuí huò shǒu

criminal ringleader, main offender (idiom); main culprit; (fig.) main cause of a disaster

苞藏禍心

bāo cáng huò xīn

to harbor evil intentions (idiom); concealing malice

飛來橫禍

fēi lái hèng huò

sudden and unexpected disaster (idiom)

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