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disaster and happiness do not follow rules (idiom); future blessings and misfortunes are unpredictable
fortune as unpredictable as the weather, every day may bring fortune or calamity (idiom); sth unexpected may happen at any moment
traffic accident; car crash / CL:
HSK 7-9
disaster / harm / scourge / bad person / to damage / to harm / to wreck
HSK 7-9
natural calamities and man-made disasters (idiom)
(idiom) criminal ringleader; main offender; main culprit; main cause of a disaster
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *祸* | 祸* | *祸
disaster / misfortune / calamity
to stir up trouble / to invite disaster
To enjoy blessings and endure misfortune together (idiom); for better or for worse
man-made disaster
disaster / calamity
(idiom) getting killed
Illness enters by the mouth, trouble comes out by the mouth (idiom). A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble.
disaster / calamity
femme fatale
disaster
root of the trouble / cause of the ruin
to have some good come out of a bad situation (idiom) / a blessing in disguise
source of calamity (esp. of women)
(idiom) to harbor evil intentions; to conceal malice
misfortune does not come singly (idiom) / it never rains but it pours
Yellow Peril, political novel by Wang Lixiong 王力雄
yellow peril (offensive term referring to the perceived threat to Western nations, of immigration or military expansion from East Asian nations)
to impute / to shift the blame onto someone else
to invite disaster
Trouble issues from the mouth (idiom). A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble.
to cause an accident; to make trouble; to get into trouble
unexpected calamity
disaster / doom
fate / portent / luck or disasters as foretold in the stars (astrology)
ravaged by successive wars / war-torn / war-ridden
trouble is never far away (idiom)
facing imminent catastrophe / calamity looms / all hell will break loose
lit. to take joy in calamity and delight in disaster (idiom); fig. to rejoice in other people's misfortune / Schadenfreude
disaster and happiness
to suffer a disaster / to fall victim to misfortune
to damage the country and cause suffering to the people (idiom)
chief offender / main culprit
sudden and unexpected disaster (idiom)
disastrous conflict / bloody warfare
91 BC attempted coup d'etat against Emperor Wu of Han 漢武帝|汉武帝, beginning with accusations of witchcraft
to stir up trouble
to pass the misfortune on to sb else (idiom); to blame others / to pass the buck
to bring disaster upon
unexpected calamity / sudden disaster
calamity and chaos / devastating disorder / great turmoil
to cause an accident
to stick together through thick and thin (idiom)
terrible tragedy / grave mishap
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *祸* | 祸* | *祸
old variant of 禍|祸


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