噩耗

Traditional form:

噩耗

Pinyin (reading):

èhào

Definitions:

• news of sb's death; sad news

Characters:

• 噩 - bad, ill-omened, unlucky
• 耗 - to consume, to use up; to squander, to waste

Traditional characters:

• 噩 - bad, ill-omened, unlucky
• 耗 - to consume, to use up; to squander, to waste