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天灾
天災
tiānzāi
1. natural disaster

Character Breakdown

天
tiān
sky, heaven; god, celestial
HSK 1 4 丶
灾
zāi
disaster, catastrophe, calamity
HSK 5 7 丶

Compound Words (2)

天灾人祸
tiānzāirénhuò
natural and man-made disasters (idiom); natural calamities (flood, drought, earthquake) added to human calamity (fire, famine, war, Microsoft software)
天灾地孽
tiānzāidìniè
catastrophes and unnatural phenomena

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