遭殃

zāo yāng

HSK level: HSK 7–9

Meaning

to suffer a calamity

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Characters

遭zāoto meet, to encounter, to come across辶曹殃yāngmisfortune, disaster, calamity歹央

Examples

先下手为强，后下手遭殃。

Xiān xià shǒu wéi qiáng, hòu xià shǒu zāo yāng.

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