# 浩劫 (hàojié)

In Mandarin Chinese, 浩劫 (hàojié) means “calamity; catastrophe; disaster”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: calamity; catastrophe; disaster
- Pinyin: hàojié (hao4 jie2)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 那场战争是一场大浩劫。
  Nà chǎng zhànzhēng shì yī chǎng dà hàojié.
  That war was a terrible catastrophe.

## Characters

- 浩 (hào): grand; vast (water)
- [劫](https://hanziro.com/word/jie-rob/) (jié): to rob; to hijack

https://hanziro.com/word/hao-jie-calamity/

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