灾[菑、災]zāi ❶ （灾害） disaster; calamity: 受 ～ be stricken by disaster; 天 ～ natural calamities; 救 ～ provide disaster relief; 虫 ～ plague of insects; 一场大 ～ a great calamity; 去年有 ～。 There was a natural calamity last year.
❷ （个人的不幸） personal misfortune; adversity; unluckiness: 多 ～ 多难 always dogged by misfortune; 没病没 ～ good health and good luck; with one's health all right and luck not bad
◆灾变 catastrophe; cataclysm; 灾害 damage; disaster; fatality; calamity; 灾害学 calamitics; 灾患 [书] calamity; disaster; 灾荒 famine due to crop failures; 灾祸 disaster; calamity; catastrophe; rout; 灾民 victims of a natural calamity; 灾难 suffering; calamity; disaster; catastrophe; 灾难深重 disaster-ridden; be burdened with miseries and misfortunes; be heavily laden with calamities [disasters]; calamity-ridden; in the abyss of catastrophe; woe-stricken; 灾情 the condition of a disaster; 灾区 disaster area; distress area |