Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 祸


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Meaning

disaster, misfortune, calamity

Pronunciation

huò

Explanation

Left: to show 礻(= image of an altar), right: chat, gossip (A mouth as big as the chest likes gossip.)

Mnemonic

(At the altar, you should be reverently silent:) At the altar they had chats and gossips which caused the: disaster.

Radicals

to show, altar(Shows a simple altar with a sacrifice and blood is trickling down. Thus the meanings: to show and altar.)
gossip, chat, jaw(His mouth is as big as the chest , because he likes gossips.)
inside, inner
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Vocabulary

祸害 huò hài disaster; harm; scourge; bad person; to damage; to harm; to wreck
灾祸 zāi huò disaster
祸根 huò gēn root of the trouble; cause of the ruin
罪魁祸首 zuì kuí huò shǒu criminal ringleader, main offender (idiom); main culprit; fig. main cause of a disaster
祸不旋踵 huò bù xuán zhǒng trouble is never far away (idiom)
苞藏祸心 bāo cáng huò xīn to harbor evil intentions (idiom); concealing malice


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