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损害

sǔn hài

HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 損害

损害 (sǔn hài) means "harm; to damage; to impair". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 损害 means

1. harm
2. to damage
3. to impair

The characters in 损害

• 损sǔn(bound form) to decrease; to diminish; (bound form) to harm; to damage…
• 害hàito do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm

Example sentences

• 这会损害我们的信誉。
  Zhè huì sǔnhài wǒmen de xìnyù.
  This will erode our credibility.
• 洪水造成了很大的损害。
  Hóngshuǐ zàochéng le hěn dà de sǔnhài.
  The flood caused a lot of damage.
• 暴风雨带来了许多损害。
  The storm brought about much damage.
• 暴风雨造成了很大的损害。
  Bàofēngyǔ zàochéng le hěn dà de sǔnhài.
  The storm caused a lot of damage.
• 由于特大海啸的灾害，核能融炉遭受损害，造成了原子能发电站爆炸。
  Yóuyú tè dàhǎi xiào de zāihài, hénéng rónglú zāoshòu sǔnhài, zàochéng le yuánzǐnéngfādiànzhàn bàozhà.
  Due to the catastrophe caused by the huge tsunami, damage was sustained by the nuclear reactor as well as explosions at the nuclear power plant.
• 一些人只买有机的食物，他们认为这样可以使他们的健康不受污染的损害。
  Yīxiē rén zhǐ mǎi yǒujī de shíwù, tāmen rènwéi zhèyàng kěyǐ shǐ tāmen de jiànkāng bù shòu wūrǎn de sǔnhài.
  Some people only buy organic food; they think that in this way their body will not be damaged by pollutants.

Words containing 损害

• 环境损害huán jìng sǔn hàienvironmental damage
• 附带损害fù dài sǔn hàicollateral damage (both as a legal term, and as a military euphemism)

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