huò
cóng
tiān
jiàng

idiom
common

Meaning of 祸从天降

祸从天降 means misfortune descends from the sky; an unexpected disaster suddenly strikes. Pronounced huò cóng tiān jiàng.

  • misfortune descends from the sky; an unexpected disaster suddenly strikes

Definitions & Examples

gāng
mǎi
xià
dòng
fáng
zi
jiù
zāo
le
cái
yuán
 
zhēn
shì
huò
cóng
tiān
jiàng
 

He had just bought that house when he was laid off—truly a disaster descending from the heavens.

Zhè
chǎng
hóng
shuǐ
duì
cūn
mín
lái
shuō
jiǎn
zhí
shì
huò
cóng
tiān
jiàng
 
men
wán
quán
méi
yǒu
zhǔn
bèi
 

This flood was simply an unexpected calamity for the villagers; they were completely unprepared.

Duì
zhè
jiā
lǎo
pái
ér
yán
 
lái
de
zhì
cái
wèi
shì
huò
cóng
tiān
jiàng
 

For this established enterprise, the sudden sanctions were truly a bolt from the blue.