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| Pronunciation |
: |
zāi |
|
| Meaning |
: |
- disaster. (n)
- misfortune. (n)
|
| Radical |
: |
火 |
| Strokes |
: |
7 |
| Traditional |
: |
災 ( Stroke Order ) |
| Usage |
: |
6.7% |
|
Common Words / Phrases:
| 1. |
|
|
: |
fire (that burns buildings etc) |
| 5. |
|
|
: |
disaster; catastrophe |
| 6. |
|
|
: |
victim (of a disaster) |
Sentences:
| 1. This disaster has caused heavy casualities. |
| zhè |
cì |
zāi |
nàn |
zào |
chéng |
le |
hěn |
dà |
de |
rén |
yuán |
shāng |
wáng |
。 |
| 这 |
次 |
灾 |
难 |
造 |
成 |
了 |
很 |
大 |
的 |
人 |
员 |
伤 |
亡 |
。 |
|
|
|
|
| 这 |
: |
this |
| 次 |
: |
time |
| 灾难 |
: |
disaster |
| 造成 |
: |
cause |
| 了 |
: |
particle indicating that something has happened |
| 很大 |
: |
very big |
| 的 |
: |
particle used after an attribute; to |
| 人员伤亡 |
: |
casualities |
|
| 2. It’ll be hard to measure the damage caused by the fire. |
| zhè |
chǎng |
huǒ |
zāi |
de |
sǔn |
shī |
nán |
yǐ |
gū |
liàng |
。 |
| 这 |
场 |
火 |
灾 |
的 |
损 |
失 |
难 |
以 |
估 |
量 |
。 |
|
|
|
|
| 这 |
: |
this |
| 场 |
: |
measure word |
| 火灾 |
: |
fire (that burns buildings etc) |
| 的 |
: |
particle used after an attribute; to |
| 损失 |
: |
lost; damage |
| 难以 |
: |
hard to (predict, imagine etc) |
| 估量 |
: |
predict; estimate |
|
| 3. After the flood, the victims allayed their hunger with food substitute. |
| suǐ |
zāi |
hòu |
， |
zāi |
mín |
men |
kào |
dài |
shí |
pǐn |
chōng |
jī |
。 |
| 水 |
灾 |
后 |
， |
灾 |
民 |
们 |
靠 |
代 |
食 |
品 |
充 |
饥 |
。 |
|
|
|
|
| 水灾 |
: |
flood |
| 后 |
: |
after |
| 灾民们 |
: |
victims |
| 靠 |
: |
depend |
| 代食品 |
: |
food substitute |
| 充饥 |
: |
to allay one’s hunger |
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