Zhè bù xiǎoshuō jiǎngshù le yí ge jiāzú zài zhànzhēng zhōng de jiénàn.
This novel tells of a family's calamity during the war.
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劫 originally means a 'kalpa' — a Buddhist cosmic time-cycle ending in destruction. 劫难 thus carries the flavor of fated disaster, as if karmic. Compare the lighter 灾难 (zāinàn, 'disaster') which is more everyday.
