罹难

罹難

línàn

verb #41,968

Meanings

1 to die in a disaster or accident
2 to perish
3 to be killed (in a calamity)

Characters

to suffer; to encounter

calamity; disaster

Examples

这次空难有一百多人罹难。

Zhè cì kōngnàn yǒu yì bǎi duō rén línàn.

Over a hundred people died in the plane crash.

政府对罹难者家属表达慰问。

Zhèngfǔ duì línànzhě jiāshǔ biǎodá wèiwèn.

The government expressed condolences to the victims' families.

Tips

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Formal and journalistic, reserved for deaths in disasters, crashes, fires or attacks. For ordinary death 去世 or 死 is used.

Stroke Order

罹 lí

难 nán