遭重

zāozhòng

verb

Meanings

1 (slang) to suffer serious harm
2 to take a heavy hit
3 to be screwed

Characters

to encounter (mishap)

Examples

HSK 3

要是被老板发现，咱们就遭重了。

Yàoshi bèi lǎobǎn fāxiàn, zánmen jiù zāozhòng le.

If the boss finds out, we're screwed.

HSK 7-9

这次股票暴跌，他真的遭重了。

Zhècì gǔpiào bàodiē, tā zhēnde zāozhòng le.

With this stock crash, he really took a heavy hit.

Tips

register

Internet/casual slang. 遭 'to encounter (something bad)' + 重 'heavy' literally means 'encountered something heavy', i.e. hit hard. Avoid in formal writing, use 受到重创 instead.

Stroke Order

遭 zāo

重 zhòng