遭 zāo, to meet by chance (usually with misfortune)/classifier for events: time, turn, i... 遭到 zāodào, to suffer/to meet with (sth unfortunate) 遭遇 zāoyù, to meet with/to encounter/(bitter) experience 遭受 zāoshòu, to suffer/to sustain (loss, misfortune) 遭殃 zāoyāng, to suffer a calamity 惨遭 cǎnzāo, [慘遭], to suffer (defeat, death etc) 免遭 miǎnzāo, to avoid suffering/to avoid meeting (a fatal accident)/spared 遭难 zāonàn, [遭難], to run into misfortune 遭逢 zāoféng, to encounter (sth unpleasant) 周遭 zhōuzāo, surrounding/nearby 屋漏更遭连夜雨 wūlòugèngzāoliányèyǔ, [屋漏更遭連夜雨], when it rains, it pours (idiom) 屡遭 lǚzāo, [屢遭], to suffer repeatedly 屡遭不测 lǚzāobùcè, [屢遭不測], beset by a series of mishaps (idiom) 惨遭不幸 cǎnzāobùxìng, [慘遭不幸], to meet with disaster/to die tragically 破屋又遭连夜雨 pòwūyòuzāoliányèyǔ, [破屋又遭連夜雨], see 屋漏偏逢連夜雨|屋漏偏逢连夜雨[wū lòu piān féng lián yè yǔ] 遭拒 zāojù, to meet with a refusal (e.g. visa)/to have an application rejected 遭瘟 zāowēn, to suffer from a plague/to endure a misfortune/a plague on him! 遭罪 zāozuì, to endure hardship/to suffer