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毁家纾难

huǐ jiā shū nàndictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to sacrifice one's wealth to save the state (idiom)
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-914456a21d5d8791. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

毀家紓難 毁家纾难 [hui3 jia1 shu1 nan4] /to sacrifice one's wealth to save the state (idiom)/

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Other forms in these source records: 毀家紓難

  • 毁
    huǐ

    to destroy / to ruin / to defame / to slander / to destroy by fire / to defame / to slander

  • 家
    jiā

    used in 傢伙|家伙[jiā huo] and 傢俱|家俱[jiā jù] / home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) / classifier for families or businesses / refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China / noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian / CL:個|个[gè]

  • 纾
    shū

    abundant / ample / at ease / relaxed / to free from / to relieve

  • 难
    nán

    difficult (to...) / problem / difficulty / difficult / not good

    nàn

    disaster / distress / to scold

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.