祸害 (禍害)
huò hài
Pinyin

Definition

祸害 (禍害)
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huò hài
  1. disaster
  2. harm
  3. scourge
  4. bad person
  5. to damage
  6. to harm
  7. to wreck

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

伤害
shāng hài
  1. 1 to injure
  2. 2 to harm
厉害
lì hai
  1. 1 difficult to deal with
  2. 2 difficult to endure
  3. 3 ferocious
  4. 4 radical
  5. 5 serious
  6. 6 terrible
  7. 7 violent
  8. 8 tremendous
  9. 9 awesome
害
hài
  1. 1 to do harm to
  2. 2 to cause trouble to
  3. 3 harm
  4. 4 evil
  5. 5 calamity
害怕
hài pà
  1. 1 to be afraid
  2. 2 to be scared
危害
wēi hài
  1. 1 to jeopardize
  2. 2 to harm
  3. 3 to endanger
  4. 4 harmful effect
  5. 5 damage
  6. 6 classifier: 个 gè

Idioms (16)

不以词害志
bù yǐ cí hài zhì
  1. 1 don't let rhetoric spoil the message (idiom); don't get carried away with flowery speech to the detriment of what you want to say
不以辞害志
bù yǐ cí hài zhì
  1. 1 don't let rhetoric spoil the message (idiom); don't get carried away with flowery speech to the detriment of what you want to say
伤天害理
shāng tiān hài lǐ
  1. 1 to offend Heaven and reason (idiom); bloody atrocities that cry to heaven
  2. 2 outrageous acts
切中要害
qiè zhòng yào hài
  1. 1 to hit the target and do real damage (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to hit where it hurts
  3. 3 fig. to hit home
  4. 4 an argument that hits the nail on the head
劈空扳害
pī kōng bān hài
  1. 1 damaged by groundless slander (idiom)

Sample Sentences

不会吧？现在人们的生活质量变好了，身体也越来越健康。老人健康长寿是件多么有福气的事情啊，怎么被你说得跟祸害似的？
bùhuì ba ？xiànzài rénmen de shēnghuó zhìliàng biànhǎo le ，shēntǐ yě yuèláiyuè jiànkāng 。lǎorén jiànkāng chángshòu shì jiàn duōme yǒu fúqì de shìqing ā ，zěnme bèi nǐ shuō de gēn huòhài shìde ？
No way-- people's quality of life is better these days, and they're healthier all the time. It's wonderful that old people are living longer, healthier lives. How can you make it sound like a disaster?
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