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飛來橫禍

简飞来横祸 · 繁飛來橫禍

Mandarin · pinyin fēi lái hèng huò

sudden and unexpected disaster (idiom)

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飛: Look up this written character
來: lái · come, coming; return, returning
橫: Look up this written character
禍: Look up this written character
飞: fēi · fly; go quickly; dart; high
来: lái · come, coming; return, returning
横: héng · across
祸: huò · misfortune, calamity, disaster

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1–2–4–4 · fei1 lai2 heng4 huo4

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fei1 loi4 waang4 wo6

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(idiomatic) unexpected disaster that suddenly befalls

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