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国破家亡

guó pò jiā wángdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
the country ruined and the people starving (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.

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Original source entry:

國破家亡 国破家亡 [guo2 po4 jia1 wang2] /the country ruined and the people starving (idiom)/

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Other forms in these source records: 國破家亡

  • 国
    guó

    country / nation / state / (bound form) national

    Guó

    surname Guo

  • 破
    pò

    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

  • 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]

  • 亡
    wáng

    to die / to lose / to be gone / to flee / deceased

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