His house was struck by lightning.
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遭到
zāo dào
HSK 3.0 · 6
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zāo dào · zou1 dou3 (Jyutping)
- to suffer
- to meet with (sth unfortunate)
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Character breakdown
遭
- Meaning
- come across, meet with, encounter
- Radical
- 辶
- Strokes
- 14
- Components
- ⿺辶曹
- Cangjie
- YTWA
- Four-corner
- 3530.6
到
- Meaning
- go to, arrive, been to
- Radical
- 刂
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- ⿰至刂
- Cangjie
- MGLN
- Four-corner
- 1210.0
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Example sentences
The big tree was struck by lightning.
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