unexpected disaster; sudden death
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesidiom
unexpected misfortune or disaster; sudden death
Commonly used when expressing worry about someone's safety or referring to the possibility of death. Often appears in conditional clauses (e.g., 'if something happens...').
Nǐ你
yào要
xiǎo小
xīn心
jià驾
shǐ驶
，
qiān千
wàn万
bié别
yǒu有
gè个
sān三
cháng长
liǎng两
duǎn短
。
You must drive carefully and make sure nothing bad happens to you.
Rú如
guǒ果
hái孩
zi子
yǒu有
gè个
sān三
cháng长
liǎng两
duǎn短
，
wǒ我
yě也
bù不
huó活
le了
。
If anything happens to my child, I won't want to live anymore.
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Tā他
yī一
gè个
rén人
qù去
pá爬
shān山
，
wǒ我
zǒng总
dān担
xīn心
huì会
chū出
shén什
me么
sān三
cháng长
liǎng两
duǎn短
。
He went mountain climbing alone, and I keep worrying that something might happen to him.