| ⇒ 城门失火，殃及池鱼 | [ chéng mén shī huǒ yāng jí chí yú ] a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom); the bystander will also suffer, fig. you can't escape responsibility for your actions, ask not for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee |
| ⇒ 德不配位，必有灾殃 | [ dé bù peì weì bì yoǔ zaī yāng ] calamity will befall those whose moral standards are not in keeping with their social status |
| ⇒ 灾殃 | [ zaī yāng ] disaster |
| ⇒ 病国殃民 | [ bìng guó yāng mín ] to damage the country and cause suffering to the people (idiom) |
| ⇒ 祸国殃民 | [ huò guó yāng mín ] to damage the country and cause suffering to the people (idiom) |
| ⇒ 积恶余殃 | [ jī è yú yāng ] Accumulated evil will be repaid in suffering (idiom). |