灾 (災) zāi

  1. zāi noun disaster; calamity
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CC-CEDICT '災'; Guoyu '災' n 1; Kroll 2015 '災' 1, p. 582; Unihan '災'; XHZD '灾' 1, p. 936)
  2. zāi noun hardship; adversity
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '災' n 2; Kroll 2015 '災' 2, p. 582; XHZD '灾' 2, p. 936)
  3. zāi adjective ill-fated
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '災' adj; Kroll 2015 '災' 2a, p. 582)

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救灾救济司重灾区受灾地区

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  • 记灾 (記災) 記災也 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 17
  • 宋灾 (宋災) 宋災 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 17
  • 宫灾 (宮災) 西宮災 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 12
  • 祸灾 (禍災) 以吊禮哀禍災 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 春官宗伯 第三 3. Office of Spring and Minister of Rites — count: 11
  • 廪灾 (廩災) 禦廩災 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 8
  • 外灾 (外災) 外災不書 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 7
  • 降灾 (降災) 降災于夏 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 湯誥 Shang Shu - Announcement of Tang — count: 6
  • 有水灾 (有水災) 高下有水災曰大水 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 6
  • 言灾 (言災) 曷為或言災 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 6
  • 不为灾 (不為災) 不為災 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 5