predestined catastrophe; inescapable doom
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
predestined catastrophe; inevitable calamity; doom
formalOriginally a Buddhist term referring to inescapable, karmic disasters occurring at the end of a cosmic age (kalpa). Now used more broadly in literary or formal contexts to describe unavoidable doom or a fated catastrophe.
Jié劫
shù数
nán难
táo逃
。
An inescapable doom is difficult to avoid.
Zài在
chuán传
tǒng统
xiǎo小
shuō说
zhōng中
，
wáng王
cháo朝
de的
fù覆
miè灭
cháng常
bèi被
miáo描
shù述
wéi为
qì气
shù数
yǐ已
jìn尽
，
jié劫
shù数
jiāng将
zhì至
。
In traditional novels, the fall of a dynasty is often described as the Mandate of Heaven being exhausted, with doom approaching.
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Tā他
gǎn感
tàn叹
zhè这
yī一
qiè切
fǎng仿
fú佛
shì是
mìng命
zhōng中
zhù注
dìng定
de的
jié劫
shù数
。
He sighed that all this seemed like a predestined calamity.