浩劫
hào jié
Pinyin

Definition

浩劫
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hào jié
  1. calamity
  2. catastrophe
  3. apocalypse

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

劫
jié
  1. 1 variant: 劫 jié
劫匪
jié fěi
  1. 1 bandit
  2. 2 robber
打劫
dǎ jié
  1. 1 to loot
  2. 2 to rob
  3. 3 to plunder
  4. 4 to ransack
抢劫
qiǎng jié
  1. 1 to rob
  2. 2 looting
劫持
jié chí
  1. 1 to kidnap
  2. 2 to hijack
  3. 3 to abduct
  4. 4 to hold under duress

Idioms (5)

劫后余生
jié hòu yú shēng
  1. 1 after the calamity, renewed life (idiom); new lease of life
劫数难逃
jié shù nán táo
  1. 1 Destiny is inexorable, there is no fleeing it (idiom). Your doom is at hand.
打家劫舍
dǎ jiā jié shè
  1. 1 to break into a house for robbery (idiom)
浩如烟海
hào rú yān hǎi
  1. 1 vast as the open sea (idiom); fig. extensive (library)
趁火打劫
chèn huǒ dǎ jié
  1. 1 to loot a burning house
  2. 2 to profit from sb's misfortune (idiom)

Sample Sentences

九月二日的这场大火，不仅是巴西文化遗产的浩劫，更是对全人类共同文化传承的巨大损害。
Jiǔyuè èrrì de zhè chǎng dàhuǒ ，bùjǐn shì Bāxī wénhuàyíchǎn de hàojié ，gèng shì duì Quán rénlèi gòngtóng wénhuà chuánchéng de jùdà sǔnhài 。
The fire on September 2 is not only the catastrophe of Brazilian cultural heritage, but also a great loss to the common cultural heritage of all mankind.
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持续整晚的大火使馆藏二千万件藏品遭受了无可估量的损失堪称浩劫。
chíxù zhéngwǎn de dàhuǒ shǐ guǎn cáng èrqiānwàn jiàn cángpǐn zāoshòu le wúkěgūliáng de sǔnshī kānchēng hàojié 。
It was a catastrophic loss as the fire which lasted for the whole night caused the loss of 20 million items in the collection.
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