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遭殃

zāo yāng

HSK 6 2-character word

What 遭殃 means

1. to suffer a calamity

The characters in 遭殃

• 遭zāoto suffer; to meet with (usu. misfortune); classifier for events: time, turn, incident
• 殃yāngcalamity

Example sentences

• 先下手为强，后下手遭殃。
  Xiānxiàshǒuwéiqiáng, hòu xiàshǒu zāoyāng.
  Get them before they get us.
• 俗话说：人不犯我，我不犯人；可俗话又说：先下手为强，后下手遭殃!
  As the saying goes: As long as you don't offend me, I won't offend you. But there's another saying: To strike first means victory, to strike second means tragedy.