Usage of the character 殃
yāng
殃
[殃]
- calamity
zāiyāng
灾殃
[災殃]
- disaster
yāngjí
殃及
[殃及]
- to bring disaster to
zāoyāng
遭殃
[遭殃]
- to suffer a calamity
huòguóyāngmín
祸国殃民
[禍國殃民]
- to damage the country and cause suffering to the people (idiom)
bìngbingyāngyāng
病病殃殃
[病病殃殃]
- seriously ill
- in fragile health
bìngguóyāngmín
病国殃民
[病國殃民]
- to damage the country and cause suffering to the people (idiom)
jī'èyúyāng
积恶余殃
[積惡餘殃]
- Accumulated evil will be repaid in suffering (idiom).
débùpèiwèi,bìyǒuzāiyāng
德不配位，必有灾殃
[德不配位，必有災殃]
- calamity will befall those whose moral standards are not in keeping with their social status
chéngménshīhuǒ,yāngjíchíyú
城门失火，殃及池鱼
[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