Meaning of 遭殃
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
zāoyāng
- to suffer a calamity
遭殃 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
先下手为强，后下手遭殃。
Get them before they get us.
俗话说：人不犯我，我不犯人；可俗话又说：先下手为强，后下手遭殃!
As the saying goes: As long as you don't offend me, I won't offend you. But there's another saying: To strike first means victory, to strike second means tragedy.
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遭 zāo · to meet · 14 strokes
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殃 yāng · misfortune · 9 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 遭殃.
| 遭到 | zāodào | to suffer; to meet with (sth unfortunate) |
| 遭遇 | zāoyù | to meet with; to encounter (esp. misfortune or hardship); an experience (esp. adverse) |
| 遭受 | zāoshòu | to suffer; to sustain (loss, misfortune) |
| 周遭 | zhōuzāo | surrounding; nearby |
| 惨遭 | cǎnzāo | to suffer (defeat, death etc) |
| 免遭 | miǎnzāo | to avoid suffering; to avoid meeting (a fatal accident) |
| 遭罪 | zāozuì | to endure hardship; to suffer |
Questions about 遭殃
What does 遭殃 mean?
遭殃 (zāoyāng) means "to suffer a calamity".
How do you write 遭殃?
遭殃 is made of 2 characters: 遭 (14 strokes), 殃 (9 strokes). That is 23 strokes in total.
Is 遭殃 an HSK word?
Yes. 遭殃 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.