横祸 (橫禍)
hèng huò
Pinyin

Definition

横祸 (橫禍)
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hèng huò
  1. unexpected calamity

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

横
héng
  1. 1 horizontal
  2. 2 across
  3. 3 crosswise
  4. 4 horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters)
  5. 5 to place (sth) flat (on a surface)
  6. 6 to cross (a river, etc)
  7. 7 in a jumble
  8. 8 chaotic
  9. 9 (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable
  10. 10 violent
横批
héng pī
  1. 1 horizontal scroll (for inscription)
横行
héng xíng
  1. 1 to go on the rampage
  2. 2 to riot
  3. 3 to run amuck
祸
huò
  1. 1 disaster
  2. 2 misfortune
  3. 3 calamity
祸害
huò hài
  1. 1 disaster
  2. 2 harm
  3. 3 scourge
  4. 4 bad person
  5. 5 to damage
  6. 6 to harm
  7. 7 to wreck

Idioms (20)

包藏祸心
bāo cáng huò xīn
  1. 1 to harbor evil intentions (idiom); concealing malice
因祸得福
yīn huò dé fú
  1. 1 to profit from a disaster (idiom); some good comes out of a setback
  2. 2 It's an ill wind that blows nobody any good.
天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福
tiān yǒu bù cè fēng yún , rén yǒu dàn xī huò fú
  1. 1 fortune as unpredictable as the weather, every day may bring fortune or calamity (idiom); sth unexpected may happen at any moment
天灾人祸
tiān zāi rén huò
  1. 1 natural calamities and man-made disasters (idiom)
妙趣横生
miào qù héng shēng
  1. 1 endlessly interesting (idiom)
  2. 2 very witty

Sample Sentences

你听我说完，我叫住你，是因为见你印堂发黑，快要遭遇横祸，我估计你最近因为感情问题而会有大祸，是对方有暴力问题，还是你把人家告上法庭，引来报复？
nǐ tīng wǒ shuō wán ，wǒ jiào zhù nǐ ，shì yīnwèi jiàn nǐ yìntáng fāhēi ，kuàiyào zāoyù hénghuò ，wǒ gūjì nǐ zuìjìn yīnwèi gǎnqíng wèntí ér huì yǒu dà huò ，shì duìfāng yǒu bàolì wèntí ，háishì nǐ bǎ rénjiā gào shàng fǎtíng ，yǐnlái bàofù ？
Let me finish. I called you over because I saw that your glabella was lacking luster, which indicates that you'll soon meet with an unexpected calamity. I predict that you'll meet with a big disaster in your love life, likely a violent partner, or that you'll take someone to court and that they'll take revenge against you?
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