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城門失火,殃及池魚

a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom); the bystander will also suffer / fig. you can't escape responsibility for your actions / ask not for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee

Characters and words in 城門失火,殃及池魚

chéng = ch + (e)ng2
city walls / city / town / CL:座[zuo4],道[dao4],個|个[ge4]
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mén = m + (e)n2
gate / door / CL:扇[shan4] / gateway / doorway / CL:個|个[ge4] / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)
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shī = sh + Ø1
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to catch fire; to be on fire
huǒ = hu + o3
fire / urgent / ammunition / fiery or flaming / internal heat (Chinese medicine) / hot (popular) / classifier for military units (old) / Kangxi radical 86
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to bring disaster to
yāng = y + ang1
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= ji + Ø2
and / to reach / up to / in time for
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chí = ch + Ø2
pond / reservoir / moat
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= yu + Ø2
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= yu + Ø2
fish / CL:條|条[tiao2],尾[wei3]
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Words with 城門失火,殃及池魚

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