遭受 (zāo shòu) means “to suffer; to sustain (loss, misfortune)”. It is an HSK 6 Chinese word in the HSK 3.0 vocabulary.
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这个地区遭受了严重的旱灾。
Zhège dìqū zāoshòu le yánzhòng de hànzāi.
This area suffered a severe drought.
Updated: 2026-05-27