公害

Traditional form:

公害

Pinyin (reading):

gōnghài

Definitions:

• environmental pollution
• social scourge; blight on society

Characters:

• 公 - fair, equitable; public; duke
• 害 - to injure, to harm; to destroy, to kill

Traditional characters:

• 公 - fair, equitable; public; duke
• 害 - to injure, to harm; to destroy, to kill