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  *災* | 災* | *災
disaster; calamity
HSK 5
disaster area; stricken region
HSK 5
disaster-stricken / to be hit by a natural calamity
HSK 5
disaster; catastrophe
HSK 5
to relieve disaster / to help disaster victims
HSK 5
calamity / disaster / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
serious fire (in a city or a forest etc)
HSK 5
flood / flood damage
HSK 5
drought
HSK 7-9
disastrous situation; calamity
disaster prevention / to protect against natural disasters
natural disaster
natural disaster
adversity / catastrophe / disaster
disaster
lit. to take joy in calamity and delight in disaster (idiom); fig. to rejoice in other people's misfortune / Schadenfreude
to invite disaster
disaster relief
victim (of a disaster)
to avoid calamities
catastrophic
disastrous / to turn into a disaster
natural calamities and man-made disasters (idiom)
flood
imprisonment
comet or supernova viewed as evil portent / (fig.) sb or sth that brings disaster
(idiom) mortal danger; fatal disaster
plague of locusts
insect damage / destruction of crops by pest insects
to be plagued with misfortunes / precarious
natural disaster / famine
disastrous earthquake
disaster caused by hail
to ward off calamities / to avoid disaster
damaging storm / destructive typhoon
to take measures to mitigate the impact of disasters (including prevention, preparation, and support for stricken communities)
catastrophes and unnatural phenomena / Heaven-sent warnings
to seek refuge from calamities
stock market crash
series of calamities / disaster following on disaster
to avoid calamities and evil spirits
catastrophe / cataclysmic change
a financial loss may prevent disaster (idiom)
secondary disaster (e.g. epidemic following floods)
disaster area
to have one's house burned down / fire disaster
calamity / catastrophe
calamity will befall those whose moral standards are not in keeping with their social status
defense against natural disasters
State Council Earthquake Relief Headquarters
to provide relief during times of emergency and disaster (idiom)
emergency aid committee (of PRC Ministry of Civil Affairs 民政部)
disaster relief funds
lit. to flood (idiom) / fig. rampant / in plague proportions
disaster area / scene of accident
after a catastrophe / post-traumatic
disaster
catastrophism (theory that geological changes are brought about by catastrophes such as the biblical flood)
catastrophism / the theory that geological change is caused by catastrophic events such as the Biblical flood
disaster movie
to pray for luck and sacrifice to avoid disasters (i.e. traditional superstitions)
to drive away demons to prevent calamity (idiom)
severe disaster
area particularly hard-hit by a disaster / disaster area
frost damage (to crop)


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