遭横事 (遭橫事) zāo héngshì

zāo héngshì phrase encountered trouble
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Collocation: from 儒林外史·第四回, Amies 2021 tr.; see also tr. in “The Scholars” (Wu Jingzi, Yang Hsien-i tr., and Yang Gladys tr. 1992, p. 48)