1. disaster2. misfortune3. calamity
车祸 車禍 chē huò HSK 7–9 top 5k Among the 5,000 most common words traffic accident; car crash
1. lit. to take joy in calamity and delight in disaster (idiom); fig. to rejoice in other people's misfortune2. Schadenfreude
罪魁祸首 罪魁禍首 zuì kuí huò shǒu HSK 7–9 (idiom) criminal ringleader; main offender; main culprit; main cause of a disaster
1. disaster2. harm3. scourge4. bad person+3 more +4 more 1. to stir up trouble2. to invite disaster
to cause an accident; to make trouble; to get into trouble
source of calamity (esp. of women)
1. root of the trouble2. cause of the ruin
1. misfortune does not come singly (idiom)2. it never rains but it pours
1. terrible tragedy2. grave mishap
1. disastrous conflict2. bloody warfare
natural calamities and man-made disasters (idiom)
1. to pass the misfortune on to sb else (idiom); to blame others2. to pass the buck
1. chief offender2. main culprit
1. calamity and chaos2. devastating disorder3. great turmoil
1. unexpected calamity2. sudden disaster
1. to impute2. to shift the blame onto someone else
1. to suffer a disaster2. to fall victim to misfortune
1. yellow peril (offensive term referring to the perceived threat to Western nations, of immigration or military expansion from East Asian nations)2. Yellow Peril, political novel by Wang Lixiong 王力雄[wáng lì xióng]
1. ravaged by successive wars2. war-torn3. war-ridden
(idiom) to harbor evil intentions; to conceal malice
1. to have some good come out of a bad situation (idiom)2. a blessing in disguise
1. facing imminent catastrophe2. calamity looms3. all hell will break loose
trouble is never far away (idiom)
to damage the country and cause suffering to the people (idiom)
Trouble issues from the mouth (idiom). A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble.
disaster and happiness do not follow rules (idiom); future blessings and misfortunes are unpredictable
to stick together through thick and thin (idiom)
sudden and unexpected disaster (idiom)
see 罪魁祸首[zuì kuí huò shǒu]
91 BC attempted coup d'etat against Emperor Wu of Han 汉武帝, beginning with accusations of witchcraft
1. fate2. portent3. luck or disasters as foretold in the stars (astrology)
有福同享，有祸同当 有福同享，有禍同當 yǒu fú tóng xiǎng , yǒu huò tóng dāng To enjoy blessings and endure misfortune together (idiom); for better or for worse
病从口入，祸从口出 病從口入，禍從口出 bìng cóng kǒu rù , huò cóng kǒu chū Illness enters by the mouth, trouble comes out by the mouth (idiom). A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble.
天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福 天有不測風雲，人有旦夕禍福 tiān yǒu bù cè fēng yún , rén yǒu dàn xī huò fú fortune as unpredictable as the weather, every day may bring fortune or calamity (idiom); sth unexpected may happen at any moment