禍〔祸〕 wo⁶ {huò}

1. disaster
2. misfortune
3. calamity

禍端〔祸-〕 wo⁶ dyun¹ {huò duān}

source of the disaster

禍心〔祸-〕 wo⁶ sam¹ {huò xīn}

Evil intentions

禍胎〔祸-〕 wo⁶ toi¹ {huò tāi}

source of the disaster; the root of the trouble

禍福〔祸-〕 wo⁶ fuk¹ {huò fú}

disaster and happiness

禍根〔祸-〕 wo⁶ gan¹ {huò gēn}

1. root of the trouble
2. cause of the ruin

禍害〔祸-〕 wo⁶ hoi⁶ {huò hài}

1. disaster
2. harm
3. scourge
4. bad person
5. to damage
6. to harm
7. to wreck

禍亂〔祸乱〕 wo⁶ lyun⁶ {huò luàn}

1. calamity and chaos
2. devastating disorder
3. great turmoil

禍首〔祸-〕 wo⁶ sau² {huò shǒu}

1. chief offender
2. main culprit

禍水〔祸-〕 wo⁶ seoi² {huò shuǐ}

source of calamity (esp. of women)

禍事〔祸-〕 wo⁶ si⁶ {huò shì}

1. disaster
2. doom

禍患〔祸-〕 wo⁶ waan⁶ {huò huàn}

1. disaster
2. calamity

禍起蕭牆〔祸-萧墙〕 wo⁶ hei² siu¹ coeng⁴ {huò qǐ xiāo qiáng}

(idiom) internal troubles crops up within a family; an internal strife arise up

禍不單行〔祸-单-〕 wo⁶ bat¹ daan¹ hang⁴ {huò bù dān xíng}

1. misfortune does not come singly (idiom)
2. it never rains but it pours

禍不旋踵〔祸---〕 wo⁶ bat¹ syun⁴ zung² {huò bù xuán zhǒng}

trouble is never far away (idiom)

禍從口出〔祸从--〕 wo⁶ cung⁴ hau² ceot¹ {huò cóng kǒu chū}

Trouble issues from the mouth (idiom). A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble.

禍福吉凶〔祸---〕 wo⁶ fuk¹ gat¹ hung¹ {huò fú jí xiōng}

1. fate
2. portent
3. luck or disasters as foretold in the stars (astrology)

禍福與共〔祸-与-〕 wo⁶ fuk¹ jyu⁵ gung⁶ {huò fú yǔ gòng}

to stick together through thick and thin (idiom)

禍福無常〔祸-无-〕 wo⁶ fuk¹ mou⁴ soeng⁴ {huò fú wú cháng}

disaster and happiness do not follow rules (idiom); future blessings and misfortunes are unpredictable

禍國殃民〔祸国--〕 wo⁶ gwok³ joeng¹ man⁴ {huò guó yāng mín}

to damage the country and cause suffering to the people (idiom)

禍首罪魁〔祸---〕 wo⁶ sau² zeoi⁶ fui¹ {huò shǒu zuì kuí}

1. main offender, criminal ringleader (idiom); main culprit
2. fig. main cause of a disaster