zhòng

蚛

Character · VerbTraditional中

suffer; hit by

Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma

Meanings

1 sense · 2 examples
1.

verb

to suffer (from); to sustain; to be hit by

literary

Literary usage. Often used for unfavorable incidents such as insect bites, curses, or diseases.

Yè夜
sù宿
shān山
lín林
 ，
zhòng中
chóng虫
yǎo咬
 ，
zhǒng肿
tòng痛
nán难
rěn忍
 。

Spending the night in the mountain forest, he suffered insect bites that swelled and pained unbearably.

Cǐ此
zhòu咒
shèn甚
dú毒
 ，
zhòng中
zhě者
bì必
sǐ死
 。

This curse is highly venomous; whoever is struck by it shall surely die.