国破家亡 — Chinese idiom
国破家亡
guó pò jiā wáng
Traditional: 國破家亡
Meaning
- the country ruined and the people starving
Character by character
- 国guócountry, nation, state; national
- 破pòto break, to rout; to ruin, to destroy
- 家jiāhouse, home, residence; family
- 亡wángdeath, destruction; to lose; to perish
Idioms sharing a character
- 亡国灭种 wáng guó miè zhǒng
- 以身报国 yǐ shēn bào guó
- 以身许国 yǐ shēn xǔ guó
- 保家卫国 bǎo jiā wèi guó
- 倾国倾城 qīng guó qīng chéng
- 周游列国 zhōu yóu liè guó
- 丧权辱国 sàng quán rǔ guó
- 国弱民穷 guó ruò mín qióng
- 国泰民安 guó tài mín ān
- 国色天香 guó sè tiān xiāng
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