害 [hài]

• 名词
  • （祸害; 害处） evil; harm; calamity:
  • （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

• 形容词
  • （有害的） harmful；destructive；injurious:
  • （有害的） harmful；destructive；injurious:

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

    害虫

    harmful animal

    害兽

• 动词
  • （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。

  • （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

  • （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。