- family bankrupt and the people dead (idiom); ruined and orphaned
- destitute and homeless
Characters
- 家 (傢): used in 傢伙|家伙[jia1 huo5] and 傢俱|家俱[jia1 ju4]
- 破 (破): broken; damaged; worn out; lousy; rotten; to break, split or cleave; to get rid of; to destroy; to break with; to defeat; to capture (a city etc); to expose the truth of
- 人 (人): person; people; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- 亡 (亡): to die; to lose; to be gone; to flee; deceased
Resources
- Wiktionary: 家破人亡
- MDBG: 家破人亡
- Examples with 家破人亡 on Tatoeba
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