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(used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; amazing; awesome; outstanding / (of a person) stern; strict; harsh; shrewd; tough / (of an animal) fierce / (of a resemblance) striking / (of liquor or chili pepper) strong / (of bacteria) virulent
HSK 5
to be afraid; to be scared
HSK 3
to injure; to harm
HSK 4
to harm; to jeopardize; to endanger / harmful effect; damage / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
calamity / disaster / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
destructive / harmful / damaging
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *害* | 害* | *害
to do harm to / to cause trouble to / harm / evil / calamity
HSK 5
harm / to damage / to impair
HSK 5
to murder
HSK 7-9
victim
HSK 7-9
to conspire to murder / to plot against sb's life
HSK 7-9
casualty / victim / those injured and wounded
vermin / harmful animal
(agriculture) freezing injury
disaster / harm / scourge / bad person / to damage / to harm / to wreck
HSK 7-9
injurious insect / pest
HSK 7-9
to harm sb / to inflict suffering / to victimize / pernicious
personal injury
shy / embarrassed / bashful
HSK 7-9
pros and cons / advantages and disadvantages / gains and losses
HSK 7-9
harmfulness
to cause or lead to sth bad
environmental pollution / social scourge; blight on society
to jeopardize / to be harmful to / to undermine
HSK 7-9
to damage the people and harm the country (idiom)
stake / vital interest / concern
to suffer damage, injury etc / damaged / injured / killed / robbed
HSK 7-9
damage / harm / CL: 個|个
(idiom) (usu. of behaviors, systems or trends etc) to cause people tremendous harm
to be bashful / to feel ashamed
HSK 7-9
to hit the target and do real damage (idiom) / fig. to hit where it hurts / fig. to hit home / an argument that hits the nail on the head
see 害喜
pest / evildoer
to have disastrous consequences / also written 貽害無窮|贻害无穷
to persecute
HSK 7-9
refrain from hurting others, yet guard against those trying to hurt you (proverb)
sexual assault (law)
devoid of conscience (idiom)
harmful and without benefit (idiom); more harm than good
insect pest / damage from insects
to trap / to frame
to encroach on / to infringe on
HSK 7-9
having no advantage whatsoever
vital part / (fig.) key point / crucial
HSK 7-9
to avoid damage
natural disaster
to be of vital interest
(idiom) to make the most of the benefits while avoiding adverse effects
(law) obstructing government administration
to slander / to defame and persecute
to fall sick / to contract an illness
to hit the nail on the head (idiom)
to rob the state and hurt the people (idiom)
series of calamities / disaster following on disaster
pest / vermin / animal that is harmful to crops or to another species / enemy / predator
harmful and without benefit (idiom); more harm than good
environmental damage
goblin that kills or harms people / fig. wicked scoundrel / terrible pest
to kill secretly / to stab in the back
to have disastrous consequences
"the four pests", i.e. rats, flies, mosquitoes, and sparrows / see also 打麻雀運動|打麻雀运动
lit. a horse that brings trouble to its herd (idiom) / fig. troublemaker / black sheep / rotten apple
to harm (sb's health) with narcotics etc; to poison (people's minds); to corrupt / pernicious influence
plant diseases and insect pests
to injure
jealous of the able, envious of the clever (idiom)
to kill / to cause death / to do sb to death
to have eye trouble
stakeholder / interested party / interested person
to kill sb / to murder
conflict of interest
perpetrator
damaged by groundless slander (idiom)
upset stomach / stomachache
secondary disaster (e.g. epidemic following floods)
to injure / to devastate / to slaughter
collateral damage (both as a legal term, and as a military euphemism)
(Tw) light pollution
to react to pregnancy by experiencing morning sickness or a strong appetite for certain foods
plant disease
green pest prevention and control; environmentally friendly methods of pest control and prevention
victim
to offend Heaven and reason (idiom); bloody atrocities that cry to heaven / outrageous acts
hazard assessment
to plot and kill sb for his property (idiom); to murder for money
victim (of a wounding or murder)
to injure
to entrap / to set up / to frame (up) / to make false charges against
don't let rhetoric spoil the message (idiom); don't get carried away with flowery speech to the detriment of what you want to say
harmless
interested party
to be murdered
(idiom) to rid the people of a scourge
pest bird (esp. one that feeds on farm crops or newly hatched fish)
to have bad consequences
lit. violating heaven and reason (idiom); immoral character
morning sickness (in pregnancy)
frostbite / frost damage (to crop)

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