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回禄之灾

Huí lù zhī zāidictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
(idiom) fire disaster / conflagration
Sources & editorial notes

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-c149603af9ce2825. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

回祿之災 回禄之灾 [Hui2 lu4 zhi1 zai1] /(idiom) fire disaster; conflagration/

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Reference information

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Other forms in these source records: 回祿之災

  • 回
    huí

    to go back / to return / to turn back / to turn around / to reply / to answer / classifier for literary divisions (acts of a play, sections or chapters of a classic book) / classifier for occurrences or times / to curve / to return / to revolve

    Huí

    Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims)

  • 禄
    lù

    good fortune / official salary

  • 之
    zhī

    (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de]) / him / her / it

  • 灾
    zāi

    disaster / calamity

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.