遭 - zāo - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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14 strokes
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遭

zāo

Definition

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

Character Decomposition

Related words (15)

遭到

zāo dào

to suffer; to meet with (sth unfortunate)

遭受

zāo shòu

to suffer; to sustain (loss, misfortune)

遭拒

zāo jù

to meet with a refusal (e.g. visa); to have an application rejected

to suffer a calamity

to suffer from a plague; to endure a misfortune; a plague on him!

遭罪

zāo zuì

to endure; to suffer hardships; hard time; nuisance

遭逢

zāo féng

to encounter (sth unpleasant)

遭遇

zāo yù

to meet with; to encounter; (bitter) experience

遭難

zāo nàn

to run into misfortune

免遭

miǎn zāo

to avoid suffering; to avoid meeting (a fatal accident); spared

surrounding; nearby

to suffer repeatedly

to suffer (defeat, death etc)

慘遭不幸

cǎn zāo bù xìng

to meet with disaster; to die tragically

破屋又遭連夜雨

pò wū yòu zāo lián yè yǔ

see 屋漏偏逢連夜雨

Idioms (2)

屢遭不測

lǚ zāo bù cè

beset by a series of mishaps (idiom)

屋漏更遭連夜雨

wū lòu gèng zāo lián yè yǔ

when it rains, it pours (idiom)

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