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HSK
to harm; to jeopardize; to endanger / harmful effect; damage / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to be afraid; to be scared
HSK 3
to injure; to harm
HSK 4
(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
calamity / disaster / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
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  *害* | 害* | *害
to do harm to / to cause trouble to / harm / evil / calamity
HSK 5
harm / to damage / to impair
HSK 5
destructive / harmful / damaging
HSK 5
to encroach on / to infringe on
HSK 7-9
pros and cons / advantages and disadvantages / gains and losses
HSK 7-9
shy / embarrassed / bashful
HSK 7-9
victim
HSK 7-9
injurious insect / pest
HSK 7-9
to murder
HSK 7-9
disaster / harm / scourge / bad person / to damage / to harm / to wreck
HSK 7-9
to suffer damage, injury etc / damaged / injured / killed / robbed
HSK 7-9
vital part / (fig.) key point / crucial
HSK 7-9
to conspire to murder / to plot against sb's life
HSK 7-9
to persecute
HSK 7-9
to jeopardize / to be harmful to / to undermine
HSK 7-9
to be bashful / to feel ashamed
HSK 7-9
vermin / harmful animal
insect pest / damage from insects
lit. the black horse of the herd / fig. troublemaker / the black sheep of the family
morning sickness (in pregnancy)
to entrap / to set up / to frame (up) / to make false charges against
casualty / victim / those injured and wounded
plant diseases and insect pests
natural disaster
to have eye trouble
light pollution (Tw)
to harm sb / to inflict suffering / to victimize / pernicious
to be of vital interest
to harm (sb's health) with narcotics etc; to poison (people's minds); to corrupt / pernicious influence
damage / harm / CL: 個|个
to injure / to devastate / to slaughter
(idiom) to rid the people of a scourge
(idiom) (usu. of behaviors, systems or trends etc) to cause people tremendous harm
harmful and without benefit (idiom); more harm than good
goblin that kills or harms people / fig. wicked scoundrel / terrible pest
harmless
conflict of interest
lit. a horse that brings trouble to its herd (idiom) / fig. troublemaker / black sheep / rotten apple
to plot and kill sb for his property (idiom); to murder for money
(idiom) to make the most of the benefits while avoiding adverse effects
to be murdered
harmfulness
frostbite / frost damage (to crop)
see 害喜
to react to pregnancy by experiencing morning sickness or a strong appetite for certain foods
variant of 厲害|厉害
to injure
to injure
to harm / to endanger
(agriculture) freezing injury
to kill sb / to murder
pest / evildoer
to damage by calumny
plant disease
victim (of a wounding or murder)
victim
to rob the state and hurt the people (idiom)
to trap / to frame
pest bird (esp. one that feeds on farm crops or newly hatched fish)
devoid of conscience (idiom)
to kill secretly / to stab in the back
lit. violating heaven and reason (idiom); immoral character
"the four pests", i.e. rats, flies, mosquitoes, and sparrows / see also 打麻雀運動|打麻雀运动
to fall sick / to contract an illness
to constrain and limit successful, capable people
to harm people and damage property (idiom)
jealous of the able, envious of the clever (idiom)
upset stomach / stomachache
flood damage
to have disastrous consequences
to hit the nail on the head (idiom)
environmental pollution / social scourge; blight on society
to offend Heaven and reason (idiom); bloody atrocities that cry to heaven / outrageous acts
series of calamities / disaster following on disaster
damaged by slander
refrain from hurting others, yet guard against those trying to hurt you (proverb)
(law) obstructing government administration
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
stake / vital interest / concern
harmful and without benefit (idiom); more harm than good
perpetrator
hazard assessment
to kill / to cause death / to do sb to death
pest / vermin / animal that is harmful to crops or to another species / enemy / predator
secondary disaster (e.g. epidemic following floods)
Shen Buhai (385-337 BC), legalist political thinker
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
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
personal injury
to avoid damage
stakeholder / interested party / interested person
interested party
damaged by groundless slander (idiom)

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