遭殃
zou1 joeng1zao1yang1zāo yāng
English
- to suffer a calamity
- (verb) Been in a calamity
- to suffer a disaster; to suffer
粵語 — Cantonese
- 遇到災禍
Examples
先下手为强,后下手遭殃。
Get them before they get us.
Tatoeba · fenfang557 CC BY
俗話說:人不犯我,我不犯人;可俗話又說:先下手為強,後下手遭殃!
As the saying goes: As long as you don't offend me, I won't offend you. But there's another saying: To strike first means victory, to strike second means tragedy.
Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY
老闆今日心情唔靚,我哋要遭殃囉。
Boss isn't in a good mood today, we're bound to suffer.
Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk