Usage of the character 遭

to meet by chance (usually with misfortune)
classifier for events: time, turn, incident

zhōuzāo

周遭

[周遭]

surrounding
nearby

zāoyāng

遭殃

[遭殃]

to suffer a calamity

zāoshòu

遭受

[遭受]

to suffer; to sustain (loss, misfortune)

zāonàn

遭难

[遭難]

to run into misfortune

zāodào

遭到

[遭到]

to suffer
to meet with (sth unfortunate)

zāowēn

遭瘟

[遭瘟]

to suffer from a plague
to endure a misfortune
a plague on him!

zāoyù

遭遇

[遭遇]

to meet with
to encounter
(bitter) experience

cǎnzāo

惨遭

[慘遭]

to suffer (defeat, death etc)

lüzāo

屡遭

[屢遭]

to suffer repeatedly

zāojù

遭拒

[遭拒]

to meet with a refusal (e.g. visa)
to have an application rejected

miǎnzāo

免遭

[免遭]

to avoid suffering
to avoid meeting (a fatal accident)
spared

zāoféng

遭逢

[遭逢]

to encounter (sth unpleasant)

zāozuì

遭罪

[遭罪]

to endure hardship
to suffer

zāoyùzhàn

遭遇战

[遭遇戰]

(military) encounter
skirmish

lüzāobùcè

屡遭不测

[屢遭不測]

beset by a series of mishaps (idiom)

cǎnzāobùxìng

惨遭不幸

[慘遭不幸]

to meet with disaster
to die tragically

wūlòugèngzāoliányèyǔ

屋漏更遭连夜雨

[屋漏更遭連夜雨]

when it rains, it pours (idiom)

pòwūyòuzāoliányèyǔ

破屋又遭连夜雨

[破屋又遭連夜雨]

see 屋漏偏逢連夜雨／屋漏偏逢连夜雨 (wūlòupiānféngliányèyǔ)