汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 禍首
禍首 (祸首)
chief offender / main culprit
〈名〉引起祸患的主要人物:罪魁~。
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

水火金钱是忠仆,使用不当是祸首

Fire, water, and money are good servants, but bad masters.

然而,对洪而言,旱情并非是洞庭湖无鱼可捕的唯一祸首

However, for Hong, the dry spell is not the only culprit to blame for her fish-less lake.

共工是中国古代的水官和传说中水患的祸首,其角色的转变应该和尧舜时期共工的名字康回有关。

Gong Gong is the water god in ancient Chinese historiography and the devil of floods, and its change of role dates back to the Rao Xun Dynasty.