[hài]
[名]
(祸害; 害处) evil; harm; calamity
of the two evils choose the lesser
两害相权取其轻
rid the people of a scourge
为民除害
advantage must be accompanied with disadvantage; good always goes together with evil
有利必有害
[形]
(有害的) harmful;destructive;injurious
pest; vermin; varmint; injurious [destructive] insect
害虫
harmful animal
害兽
[动]
(使受损害) do harm to; impair; cause trouble to
do people great harm; inflict a person not shallowly
害人不浅
One should never intend to do harm to others, but should always guard against the harm others might do to him.
害人之心不可有, 防人之心不可无。
You gave me the wrong address and made me go all that way for nothing.
你把地址搞错了,害得我白跑了一趟。
(杀害) kill; murder
murder [kill] for money
谋财害命
He was murdered.
他被害了。
(发生疾病) contract (an illness); suffer from
suffer from an acute illness
害了急性病
have a serious attack of illness
害了一场大病
suffer from eye disease
害眼
(发生不安的情绪) feel (ashamed, afraid, etc.)
I am utterly ashamed of you.
我实在为你感到害臊。