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天灾人祸
/ tiān zāi rén huò /
Strokes
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Collocation
1
天灾人祸的打击
2
天灾人祸难以预料
3
天灾人祸危害极大
4
发生天灾人祸
5
防止天灾人祸
Definition
天灾人祸
Literally means:
natural and man-made disaster
Actually means:
天灾 refers to natural disasters; 人祸 means misfortunes caused by people.
The phrase generally refers to natural calamities such as floods, droughts, wind hazards and earthquakes as well as manmade misfortunes like war, fire, traffic accidents, destruection, etc. Derogators
天灾，自然灾害；人祸，人为的祸害。
天灾人祸，泛指水灾、旱灾、风灾、地震等自然灾害和战乱、失火、交通事故破坏等人为的祸害。具有贬义色彩。
Example
Used as predicate, subject, attributive or object,and it can be used separately. (作谓语、主语、定语、宾语，可以分开使用)
1
Nàge
那个
dìōu
地区
běnlái
本来
jiù
就
pínqíong
贫穷
luòhòu
落后
,
jiāzhī
加之
tiānzāirénhuò
天灾人祸
,
lǎobǎixìng
老百姓
shēnghuó
生活
jídù
极度
kùnnan
困难
,
shēnghuó
生活
yīzhí
一直
kào
靠
jiùjì
救济
。
The area is already poor and backward, coupled with natural and man-made disasters, the people's lives are extremely difficult, life has been relying on relief.
2
Xǔduō
许多
dìfāng
地方
fà
发
dàshuǐ
大水
,
biǎomiàn
表面
shàng
上
shì
是
tiānzāi
天灾
,
shíjìshàng
实际上
wǎngwǎng
往往
shì
是
rénhuò
人祸
zàochéng
造成
de
的
,
bǐrú
比如
lànfá
滥伐
sēnlín
森林
。
In many places, water, ostensibly natural disasters, are often actually caused by man-made disasters, such as deforestation.
3
Tiānzāirénhuò
天灾人祸
gěi
给
rénmen
人们
zàochéng
造成
de
的
sǔnshī
损失
yǒushí
有时
shì
是
nányǐ
难以
gūliang
估量
de
的
。
The damage caused to people by natural and man-made disasters is sometimes incalculable.