殃 yāng misfortune
misfortune; disaster; calamity
怎么记住“殃”: 歹 wicked + 央 center = misfortune. The wicked dog runs through the center of the picnic blanket and eats every sandwich, and the kids call the afternoon a misfortune.
部件结构
殃 = 歹 wicked + 央 center
- 歹 wicked
- 央 center
The wicked dog runs through the center of the picnic blanket and eats every sandwich, and the kids call the afternoon a misfortune.
用法
- Calamity/disaster brought upon someone: 遭殃 (zāoyāng), to be struck by disaster / suffer for it: 城门失火，殃及池鱼 (chéngmén shīhuǒ, yāng jí chíyú), a city-gate fire dooms the fish in the moat, i.e. innocent bystanders get dragged in (祸国殃民 to bring ruin on the nation).