厄 è
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 厂 — cliff
- Made of
- 厂 cliff 㔾 seal
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
厄运
èyùn
bad luck; misfortune
Characters in this word
运 yùn
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 云 cloud
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 在连续遭遇厄运之后，他反而更冷静地重新规划事业。 Zài liánxù zāoyù èyùn zhīhòu, tā fǎn'ér gèng lěngjìng de chóngxīn guīhuà shìyè. After suffering repeated misfortunes, he instead became calmer and planned his career again.
- 他相信自己总有一天能摆脱厄运。 Tā xiāngxìn zìjǐ zǒng yǒu yì tiān néng bǎituō èyùn. He believes that one day he will shake off his bad luck.
- 厄运并没有打倒她，她又重新开了一家小店。 Èyùn bìng méiyǒu dǎdǎo tā, tā yòu chóngxīn kāi le yì jiā xiǎo diàn. Misfortune did not defeat her, and she opened a small shop again.