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zāo
v./m. to meet with, to encounter (disaster or misfortune, etc.); round; time, turn
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    walk (for )
    walk (for )

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Simplified stroke orders are based on the 'Standard of National Commonly-used Mandarin Chinese Characters (现代汉语通用字笔顺规范)', issued by the China National Language and Character Working Committee (国家语言文字工作委员会) on April 7th 1997. Traditional stroke orders are based on information issued by the Taiwan Ministry of Education.
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dà gū niang zuò jiào zi -- tóu yì zāo
phr. A girl sitting in a bridal sedan chair-the very first time.
zāo yāng
sep-v. go through a disaster
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tā de zuò fǎ zāo dào le líng dǎo de pī píng
phr. Her practice got criticized/criticised by the leadership.
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tā zhèng zài zhǐ huī zāo shuǐ zāi de jū mín lí kāi zhè lǐ .
phr. He is directing the people of the flooded area to leave.
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dāng tā jiāng yào dá dào shì yè de diān fēng shí, tā què zāo dào le yán zhòng de dǎ jī .
phr. When he was about to reach the zenith of his career, he encountered a severe setback.
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tā shuō huà cū lǔ, jīng cháng zāo rén bái yǎn .
phr. His rude words often made him suffer contemptuous looks.
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tā zāo dào le qiáng bào
phr. She was raped.
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tā zuó tiān zāo yù qiāng jī
phr. He got shot yesterday.
wǒ men dōu jīng lì zhè yì zāo
phr. (lyrics) We will both experience this.
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zuò huài shì dìng huì zāo huí bào .
phr. One's evil doings will for sure rebound on him or herself.
zāo dào chǐ xiào
phr. to suffer from being mocked
zāo shòu shī bài
phr. to suffer from failures
zāo shòu gōng jī
phr. to suffer from attacks, to be attacked