災

disaster / calamity

archaic variant of 川[chuan1]

fire / urgent / ammunition / fiery or flaming / internal heat (Chinese medicine) / hot (popular) / classifier for military units (old) / Kangxi radical 86

lit. to take joy in calamity and delight in disaster (idiom); fig. to rejoice in other people's misfortune / Schadenfreude

natural disaster

disaster-stricken / to be hit by a natural calamity

drought

to relieve disaster / to help disaster victims

disastrous / to turn into a disaster

to be plagued with misfortunes / precarious

natural calamities and man-made disasters (idiom)

defense against natural disasters

State Council Earthquake Relief Headquarters

to invite disaster

to provide relief during times of emergency and disaster (idiom)

to ward off calamities / to avoid disaster

emergency aid committee (of PRC Ministry of Civil Affairs 民政部)

disaster relief funds

disaster area

calamity / catastrophe

to have one's house burned down / fire disaster

catastrophes and unnatural phenomena / Heaven-sent warnings

calamity will befall those whose moral standards are not in keeping with their social status