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drought
serious fire
to relieve disaster
disaster-stricken
calamity
disaster
disaster area
calamity
disaster year
natural disaster
after a catastrophe
disastrous
Notice where 灾 sits in each complete thought.
Tom saved her from the fire.
Source: Tatoeba #2023708 · CC BY 2.0 FRThe rescue workers are going to hand out supplies to the victims of the earthquake.
Source: Tatoeba #796124 · CC BY 2.0 FRWe must always be prepared for disasters.
Source: Tatoeba #336856 · CC BY 2.0 FRThe earthquake brought about disaster.
Source: Tatoeba #13894739 · CC BY 2.0 FRThe Red Cross constantly supplies food to the disaster areas.
Source: Tatoeba #3544987 · CC BY 2.0 FRWhat was at first a natural disaster rapidly became a man-made debacle.
Source: Tatoeba #10272653 · CC BY 2.0 FRDefinitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.