祸不旋踵 huòbùxuánzhǒng disaster looms Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 祸 禍 huò noun disaster misfortune; calamity; disaster; opposite of 福 fú不旋踵 bùxuánzhǒng in a split second (literary) in the brief moment it takes to turn one's heel; very quickly; in a very short time