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天災人禍

简 天灾人祸 · 繁 天災人禍
Mandarin · pinyin tiān zāi rén huò

Meanings

  1. natural calamities and man-made disasters (idiom)
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天
tiān · sky, heaven; god, celestial
災
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人
rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
禍
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灾
zāi · calamity, disaster, catastrophe
祸
huò · misfortune, calamity, disaster
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1–1–2–4 · tian1 zai1 ren2 huo4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

tin1 zoi1 jan4 wo6

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tin1 zoi1 jan4 wo6

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phrase

  1. (idiomatic) natural disasters and man-made calamities; catastrophes

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