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


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