rén
huò

common
noun

Meaning of 人祸

人祸 means man-made disaster; calamity caused by human action (as opposed to natural disasters). Pronounced rén huò.

  • man-made disaster; calamity caused by human action (as opposed to natural disasters)

Definitions & Examples

Tiān
zāi
rén
huò
wǎng
wǎng
gěi
rén
lèi
dài
lái
de
sǔn
shī
 

Natural and man-made disasters often bring huge losses to humanity.

Zhè
chǎng
jīn
róng
wēi
chún
cuì
shì
rén
huò
 
ér
fēi
tiān
zāi
 

This financial crisis is purely a man-made disaster, not a natural one.

Guǎn
zhě
wán
zhí
shǒu
 
zuì
zhōng
niàng
chéng
le
rén
huò
 

The managers' dereliction of duty eventually led to a human-caused catastrophe.