- 遭殃 zāoyāng to suffer disasterTo meet with misfortune or suffer a calamity
- 殃及 yāngjí to bring disaster toto involve others in a disaster; to spread misfortune to others
- 祸国殃民 huòguóyāngmín to damage the country and the people(idiom) to bring calamity to the country and cause suffering to the people
- 殃及池鱼 yāngjíchíyú to bring disaster to innocent people(idiom) to cause innocent bystanders to suffer or be caught up in turmoil; to be implicated or harmed by association without cause
- 池鱼之殃 chíyúzhīyāng innocent people suffering from others' misfortunesdisaster brought upon innocent people through being involved in someone else's misfortune; refers to a story where the water in a pond was drained to put out a fire, causing the fish to die
- 祸殃 huòyāng disasterdisaster; calamity; misfortune
- 殃民 yāngmín to harm the peopleto bring disaster or calamity to the people; often used in the phrase [[祸国殃民|禍國殃民|huo4 guo2 yang1 min2]]
- 误国殃民 wùguóyāngmín to harm the country and its peopleTo neglect state affairs and bring calamity upon the people.
- 病病殃殃 bìngbingyāngyāng sicklyappearing weak or feeble due to long-term illness; in fragile health
- 余殃 yúyāng lingering calamitycalamity or misfortune left over from the past; a disaster that makes itself felt long after the original cause
- 城门失火,殃及池鱼 chéngménshīhuǒyāngjíchíyú innocent bystanders suffer(idiom) Lit. a fire in the city gates is a calamity for the fish in the moat (from which water is drawn to fight the fire); fig. innocent bystanders are dragged into a disaster or suffer due to circumstances beyond their control
- 德不配位,必有灾殃 débùpèiwèibìyǒuzāiyāng merit not matching position results in disasterCalamity will befall those whose moral character or abilities are not in keeping with their social status or high position.
- 殃书 yāngshū horoscope certificatedocument detailing the horoscope of a deceased person along with instructions for funeral arrangements and taboos
- 殃榜 yāngbǎng horoscope certificatean astrologer's certificate detailing the horoscope of a deceased person and relevant funeral requirements; also called [[殃书|殃書|yang1 shu1]]
- 灾殃 zāiyāng disastersuffering, calamity, or misfortune
- 病国殃民 bìngguóyāngmín to harm the nation and its peopleto bring disaster to the state and cause great suffering to the populace
- 积恶余殃 jī'èyúyāng accumulated evil brings disaster(idiom) A lifetime of bad deeds will eventually result in suffering or disaster for oneself or one's descendants; based on a passage from the [[易经|易經|yi4 jing1]] stating that a house that accumulates evil will have misfortune left over for its children.
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- MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CH