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祸不单行 | 禍不單行

huò bù dān xíng

1. 1 misfortune does not come singly (idiom)
2. 2 it never rains but it pours

祸福无常 | 禍福無常

huò fú wú cháng

1. 1 disaster and happiness do not follow rules (idiom); future blessings and misfortunes are unpredictable

祸水 | 禍水

huò shuǐ

1. 1 source of calamity (esp. of women)

祸福吉凶 | 禍福吉凶

huò fú jí xiōng

1. 1 fate
2. 2 portent
3. 3 luck or disasters as foretold in the stars (astrology)

祸根 | 禍根

huò gēn

1. 1 root of the trouble
2. 2 cause of the ruin

祸事 | 禍事

huò shì

1. 1 disaster
2. 2 doom

祸福 | 禍福

huò fú

1. 1 disaster and happiness

祸首罪魁 | 禍首罪魁

huò shǒu zuì kuí

1. 1 main offender, criminal ringleader (idiom); main culprit
2. 2 fig. main cause of a disaster

祸不旋踵 | 禍不旋踵

huò bù xuán zhǒng

1. 1 trouble is never far away (idiom)

祸国殃民 | 禍國殃民

huò guó yāng mín

1. 1 to damage the country and cause suffering to the people (idiom)

祸从口出 | 禍從口出

huò cóng kǒu chū

1. 1 Trouble issues from the mouth (idiom). A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble.

祸福与共 | 禍福與共

huò fú yǔ gòng

1. 1 to stick together through thick and thin (idiom)

祸害 | 禍害

huò hài

1. 1 disaster
2. 2 harm
3. 3 scourge
4. 4 bad person
5. 5 to damage
6. 6 to harm
7. 7 to wreck

祸患 | 禍患

huò huàn

1. 1 disaster
2. 2 calamity

惹祸 | 惹禍

rě huò

1. 1 to stir up trouble
2. 2 to invite disaster

天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福 | 天有不測風雲，人有旦夕禍福

tiān yǒu bù cè fēng yún , rén yǒu dàn xī huò fú

1. 1 fortune as unpredictable as the weather, every day may bring fortune or calamity (idiom); sth unexpected may happen at any moment

车祸 | 車禍

chē huò

1. 1 traffic accident
2. 2 car crash
3. 3 classifier: 場 Cháng

横祸 | 橫禍

hèng huò

1. 1 unexpected calamity

罪魁祸首 | 罪魁禍首

zuì kuí huò shǒu

1. 1 criminal ringleader, main offender (idiom); main culprit
2. 2 fig. main cause of a disaster

天灾人祸 | 天災人禍

tiān zāi rén huò

1. 1 natural calamities and man-made disasters (idiom)