遭殃

zāoyāng

In Mandarin Chinese, 遭殃 (zāoyāng) means “to suffer a disaster”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

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环境一旦被破坏，人类也会遭殃。
Huánjìng yídàn bèi pòhuài, rénlèi yě huì zāoyāng.
Once the environment is destroyed, humans will also suffer disaster.

遭

zāo

to suffer; to meet with (usu. misfortune); classifier for events: time, turn, incident

Words with 遭

殃

yāng

calamity