汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 祸端
祸端 (禍端)
the source of the disaster / the cause of ruin / cause of a misfortune or disaster
() huò duān
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

你给他们一把枪,那就是祸端

You give them a gun, and it's a recipe for disaster.

现在,爸爸妈妈有了他们争吵的祸端

Now Mom and Dad really had something to fight over.

去年,方玄昌发表了一系列的文章质疑“肖氏程序”的效力,也许就是这个给他带来了被袭击的祸端

Last year, Fang Xuanchang published a series of articles questioning its efficacy, which may have prompted the attacks on him.