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祸国殃民 — “To cause immense harm and widespread suffering to a community”

祸国殃民 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to cause immense harm and widespread suffering to a community”. Organization, or a large number of people, often implying disastrous consequences. Literally, “Wreck the land and plague the people”.

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祸国殃民 Pronunciation and Pinyin

  • 祸huò
  • 国guó
  • 殃yāng
  • 民mín

祸国殃民 Character Breakdown

CharacterPinyinStrokesMeaning
祸
huò11disaster, calamity, misfortune
国
guó8country or China
殃
yāng9suffer harm or misfortune
民
mín5the common people

Example Sentence with 祸国殃民

如果项目负责人不顾实际情况,盲目推行自己的计划,最终可能会给整个团队和企业带来巨大的损失,简直是祸国殃民。
If the project leader disregards practical realities and blindly pushes their own agenda, it could ultimately bring immense losses to the entire team and company, utterly detrimental to the common good.

Idioms Related to 祸国殃民

Synonyms of 祸国殃民

  • dù蠹guó国hài害mín民exploit the state and harm the people

Antonyms of 祸国殃民

  • bǎo保guó国ān安mín民Safeguard the nation and secure its people
  • ān安bāng邦dìng定guó国bring peace and stability to the country
  • fù富guó国ān安mín民enrich the country and pacify the people

More idioms starting with 祸

  • huò祸bù不dān单xíng行misfortunes never come singly
  • huò祸bù不fǎn反zhǒng踵Calamity strikes swiftly
  • huò祸bù不wàng妄zhì至Misfortune does not come without a reason
  • huò祸bù不xuán旋zhǒng踵disaster will arrive very soon
  • huò祸yǔ与fú福lín邻Fortune and misfortune are neighbors
  • huò祸zhōng中yǒu有fú福Blessing in disguise
  • huò祸wéi为fú福xiān先misfortune precedes good fortune
  • huò祸luàn乱jiāo交xīng兴disasters and chaos arise concurrently
  • huò祸luàn乱tāo滔tiān天widespread devastation and turmoil
  • huò祸luàn乱xiāng相xún寻calamities and chaos follow one another
  • huò祸cóng从kǒu口chū出Trouble comes from careless speech
  • huò祸cóng从kǒu口chū出,,huàn患cóng从kǒu口rù入Misfortune from speech, trouble from food

Questions about 祸国殃民

What does 祸国殃民 mean?
祸国殃民 (huò guó yāng mín) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to cause immense harm and widespread suffering to a community”.
How do you pronounce 祸国殃民?
祸国殃民 is pronounced huò guó yāng mín in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 祸国殃民 literally mean?
Literally, 祸国殃民 means “Wreck the land and plague the people”. It is used to mean “to cause immense harm and widespread suffering to a community”.
What is the Chinese definition of 祸国殃民?
祸、殃:损害。使国家受害,百姓遭殃。
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