天灾 (天災)
tiān zāi
Pinyin

Definition

天灾 (天災)
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tiān zāi
  1. natural disaster

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

今天
jīn tiān
  1. 1 today
  2. 2 at the present
  3. 3 now
天
tiān
  1. 1 day
  2. 2 sky
  3. 3 heaven
天下
tiān xià
  1. 1 land under heaven
  2. 2 the whole world
  3. 3 the whole of China
  4. 4 realm
  5. 5 rule
天天
tiān tiān
  1. 1 every day
天气
tiān qì
  1. 1 weather

Idioms (20)

一人得道，鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一个天南，一个地北
yī ge tiān nán , yī ge dì běi
  1. 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
一柱擎天
yī zhù qíng tiān
  1. 1 lit. to support the sky as a single pillar (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to take a crucial responsibility upon one's shoulders
一步登天
yī bù dēng tiān
  1. 1 reaching heaven in a single bound (idiom); (esp. with negative: don't expect) instant success
三天不打，上房揭瓦
sān tiān bù dǎ , shàng fáng jiē wǎ
  1. 1 three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)
  2. 2 spare the rod, spoil the child

Sample Sentences

天灾人祸对于老百姓来说真是最严峻的考验，学校附近不是有片老房子吗？我看那里有些屋子，墙都塌了半边，希望里头住的人有个什么避难所可以去。
tiānzāi rénhuò duìyú lǎobǎixìng láishuō zhēn shì zuì yánjùn de kǎoyàn ，xuéxiào fùjìn bùshì yǒu piàn lǎo fángzi ma ？wǒ kàn nàlǐ yǒuxiē wūzi ，qiáng dōu tā le bànbiān ，xīwàng lǐtou zhù de rén yǒu gè shénme bìnànsuǒ kěyǐ qù 。
These calamities are the harshest of tests for ordinary people. Aren't there some old houses near our school? Some of those houses are already half caved in! I really hope the people living there have somewhere safe they can go.
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天灾人祸不由人，你要挺住！你现在在哪里？
tiānzāirénhuò bù yóu rén ，nǐ yào tǐngzhù ！nǐ xiànzài zài nǎli ？
Natural disasters are out of our control. You can't give up! Where are you now?
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