毁于一旦 — Chinese idiom
毁于一旦
huǐ yú yī dàn
Traditional: 毀於一旦
Meaning
- ruined in a short time (esp. of sth that took a long time or great effort to achieve)
Character by character
- 毁huǐto damage, to ruin; to defame, to slander
- 于yúat, in, on; to, from; alas!
- 一yīone; a, an; alone
- 旦dàndawn; morning; day
Idioms sharing a character
- 哀毁骨立 āi huǐ gǔ lì
- 毁家纾难 huǐ jiā shū nàn
- 毁誉参半 huǐ yù cān bàn
- 了然于胸 liǎo rán yú xiōng
- 人浮于事 rén fú yú shì
- 假手于人 jiǎ shǒu yú rén
- 公之于世 gōng zhī yú shì
- 公之于众 gōng zhī yú zhòng
- 公诸于世 gōng zhū yú shì
- 问道于盲 wèn dào yú máng
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