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Character Decomposition
殃=歹+央
Etymology
death
Meanings
calamity
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Words with 殃 53 total
to bring disaster to殃及yāng jídisaster灾殃zāi yāngto suffer a calamity遭殃zāo yānglooking or feeling sickly病殃殃bìng yāng yāngto damage the country and cause suffering to the people (idiom)病国殃民bìng guó yāng mínseriously ill · in fragile health病病殃殃bìng bing yāng yāngto damage the country and cause suffering to the people (idiom)祸国殃民huò guó yāng mínAccumulated evil will be repaid in suffering (idiom).积恶余殃jī è yú yānga fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom); the bystander will also suffer · fig. you can't escape responsibility for your actions · ask not for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee城门失火，殃及池鱼chéng mén shī huǒ , yāng jí chí yúcalamity will befall those whose moral standards are not in keeping with their social status德不配位，必有灾殃dé bù pèi wèi , bì yǒu zāi yāng
Idioms with 殃 14 total Chain
to damage the country and cause suffering to the people (idiom)病国殃民bìng guó yāng mína fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom); the bystander will also suffer · fig. you can't escape responsibility for your actions · ask not for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee城门失火，殃及池鱼chéng mén shī huǒ , yāng jí chí yúto damage the country and cause suffering to the people (idiom)祸国殃民huò guó yāng mínAccumulated evil will be repaid in suffering (idiom).积恶余殃jī è yú yāng
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