遭殃

zāoyāng

verb HSK 7-9 #12,958

Meanings

城门失火，殃及池鱼——无辜的人也跟着遭殃。

Chéngmén shīhuǒ, yāngjí chí yú — — wúgū de rén yě gēnzhe zāoyāng.

When the city gate catches fire, the fish in the moat suffer — innocent people get caught up in the disaster too.

台风过后，沿海地区遭殃最严重。

Táifēng guòhòu, yánhǎi dìqū zāoyāng zuì yánzhòng.

After the typhoon, the coastal areas suffered the worst.

memory

遭 (to encounter) + 殃 (calamity) = to encounter calamity. 殃 contains 歹 (bad) — a bad thing befalling you.

遭 zāo

殃 yāng