zhāo​zāi

to invite disaster

  • created sense approved 招灾/招災 · zhāo​zāi · to invite disaster — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    招灾 / 招災

    zhāo​zāi

    to invite disaster

    To bring disaster or calamity upon oneself; to court trouble

    招, 灾

    招 (literal) → 招 · zhāo · to incur 灾 (literal) → 灾/災 · zāi · disaster

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense