遭 殃

zāoyāng

“To suffer a calamity” in Chinese is 遭殃 (zāoyāng).

Meaning

to suffer a calamity

Example

先下手为强，后下手遭殃。

Get them before they get us.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

zāoHSK 614 strokesto suffer; to meet with (usu. misfortune)yāngHSK 7-99 strokescalamity

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