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HSK 6
殃
yāng
misfortune, disaster, calamity
🔤 Pictophonetic:
歹 (death) provides meaning, 央 provides pronunciation
Words Using 殃 (9)
Character
Pinyin
Definition
HSK
遭殃
zāoyāng
to suffer a calamity
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遭殃
zāoyāng
to suffer a calamity
殃
yāng
calamity
殃
yāng
calamity
殃及
yāngjí
to bring disaster to
殃及
yāngjí
to bring disaster to
城门失火，殃及池鱼
chéngménshīhuǒ,yāngjíchíyú
a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom); the bystander will also suffer / fig. you can't escape responsibility for your actions / ask not for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee
城门失火，殃及池鱼
chéngménshīhuǒ,yāngjíchíyú
a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom); the bystander will also suffer / fig. you can't escape responsibility for your actions / ask not for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee
病国殃民
bìngguóyāngmín
to damage the country and cause suffering to the people (idiom)
病国殃民
bìngguóyāngmín
to damage the country and cause suffering to the people (idiom)
积恶余殃
jīèyúyāng
Accumulated evil will be repaid in suffering (idiom).
积恶余殃
jīèyúyāng
Accumulated evil will be repaid in suffering (idiom).
灾殃
zāiyāng
disaster
灾殃
zāiyāng
disaster
病病殃殃
bìngbingyāngyāng
seriously ill / in fragile health
病病殃殃
bìngbingyāngyāng
seriously ill / in fragile health
祸国殃民
huòguóyāngmín
to damage the country and cause suffering to the people (idiom)
祸国殃民
huòguóyāngmín
to damage the country and cause suffering to the people (idiom)
Component Breakdown
Each color represents a different component
⿰歹央
i
Component Tree i
yī
一
one; a, an; alone
💡 Ideographic:
Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1
1 strokes
HSK 1