殃及
joeng1 kap6yāng jí
English
- to bring disaster to
- to be involved into something bad as an innocent, to cause collateral damage to someone
粵語 — Cantonese
- 好無辜咁俾人捲入一啲壞事、為無關嘅某人或物帶嚟負面影響
Examples
殃及池魚
to involve / to cause collateral damage to the innocent (lit.: to involve the fish in the pond)
隔籬枱嗌緊交,無端端一杯水撥落我塊面度,殃及無辜。
Our neighbouring table was having quite a fight, and out of the blue my face was splashed with a cup of water. I guess I am a collateral here.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk