水火兵虫shuǐ huǒ bīng chóng

flood,fire,war and book worms — all kinds of natural and man-made calamities
❍ 由于～，许多古书早已失传。Many ancient books were lost long ago because of floods,fires,wars and bookworms.

• splenetic
• splice
• splint
• splint
• splinter
• split
• splurge
• spoke
• spongy
• spontaneous
• spoof
• spool
• spoor
• spout
• sprawl
• sprig
• sprightly
• sprinkler
• sprinkling
• sprint
• sprout
• spruce
• spurious
• spurn
• squalid