遭殃

遭殃 zāoyāng in a sentence

Go through a disaster (suffer)

Full dictionary entry HSK 6 2 sentences

遭殃 (zāoyāng) means Go through a disaster (suffer). Below are 2 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

上面出错,下面 遭殃 。

Shàngmiàn chūcuò, xiàmiàn zāo yāng.

When those above blunder, those below suffer.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 遭殃

台风一来,庄稼就 遭殃 了。

Táifēng yì lái, zhuāngjia jiù zāo yāng le.

When the typhoon came the crops suffered.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 遭殃

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How is 遭殃 used in a sentence?

This page shows 2 sentences using 遭殃 (zāoyāng, "Go through a disaster (suffer)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

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Is 遭殃 an HSK word?

Yes — 遭殃 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.

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