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祸国殃民

huò guó yāng míndictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to damage the country and cause suffering to the people (idiom)
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-95945ec25c639e4d. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

禍國殃民 祸国殃民 [huo4 guo2 yang1 min2] /to damage the country and cause suffering to the people (idiom)/

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Other forms in these source records: 禍國殃民

  • 祸
    huò

    disaster / misfortune / calamity

  • 国
    guó

    country / nation / state / (bound form) national

    Guó

    surname Guo

  • 殃
    yāng

    calamity

  • 民
    mín

    (bound form) the people / inhabitants of a country

    Mín

    surname Min

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.