害

害 [hài] 名

1. ■ （祸害; 害处） evil; harm; calamity:

两害相权取其轻 of the two evils choose the lesser;

为民除害 rid the people of a scourge;

有利必有害 advantage must be accompanied with disadvantage; good always goes together with evil

形

1. ■ （有害的） harmful；destructive；injurious:

害虫 pest; vermin; varmint; injurious [destructive] insect;

害兽 harmful animal

动

1. ■ （使受损害） do harm to; impair; cause trouble to:

害人不浅 do people great harm; inflict a person not shallowly;

害人之心不可有， 防人之心不可无。 One should never intend to do harm to others， but should always guard against the harm others might do to him.

你把地址搞错了，害得我白跑了一趟。 You gave me the wrong address and made me go all that way for nothing.

2. ■ （杀害） kill; murder:

谋财害命 murder [kill] for money;

他被害了。 He was murdered.

3. ■ （发生疾病） contract (an illness); suffer from:

害了急性病 suffer from an acute illness;

害了一场大病 have a serious attack of illness;

害眼 suffer from eye disease

4. ■ （发生不安的情绪） feel (ashamed, afraid, etc.):

我实在为你感到害臊。 I am utterly ashamed of you.