遭殃 zāo yāng

ㄗㄠㄧㄤ

HSK 7-9

1to suffer a calamity

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遭殃

Examples

xiān先xià shǒu下手wèi为qiáng强，hòu后xià shǒu下手zāo yāng遭殃。

先下手为强，后下手遭殃。

Get them before they get us.

俗话说：人不犯我，我不犯人；可俗话又说：先下手为强，后下手遭殃!

As the saying goes: As long as you don't offend me, I won't offend you. But there's another saying: To strike first means victory, to strike second means tragedy.

More words starting with 遭

遭到zāodào 遭受zāoshòu 遭遇zāoyù 遭zāo 遭逢zāoféng 遭际zāojì 遭难zāonàn 遭罪zāozuì