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殃 yāng

misfortune, disaster, calamity

Strokes
9
Level
HSK 6
Radical
歹
Type
Picto-phonetic
Made of 歹央 ⿰歹央

Memory hint: death

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  1. 一人犯错，大家都跟着遭殃。
    Yì rén fàncuò, dàjiā dōu gēnzhe zāoyāng.
    One person's mistake made everyone suffer along with it.
    one person make-mistake, everyone all follow suffer-calamity
  2. 这次污染事件，附近的居民都遭殃了。
    Zhè cì wūrǎn shìjiàn, fùjìn de jūmín dōu zāoyāng le.
    This pollution incident harmed nearby residents.
    this (measure) pollution incident, nearby (particle) residents all suffer-calamity (particle)
  3. 为什么遭殃的总是我们？
    Wèishénme zāoyāng de zǒng shì wǒmen?
    Why is it always us who suffers the calamity?
    why suffer-calamity (particle) always is us (question)
  4. 战争一来，普通百姓最先遭殃。
    Zhànzhēng yì lái, pǔtōng bǎixìng zuì xiān zāoyāng.
    When war comes, ordinary people suffer first.
    war once come, ordinary common-people most first suffer-calamity
  5. 台风过后，沿海的渔民遭了殃，损失惨重。
    Táifēng guòhòu, yánhǎi de yúmín zāo le yāng, sǔnshī cǎnzhòng.
    After the typhoon, coastal fishermen suffered calamity with heavy losses.
    typhoon after, coastal (particle) fishermen suffer (particle) calamity, loss severe

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