qīng jiā dàng chǎn
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  • derogbe reduced to poverty and ruin; lose a family fortune; become bankrupt

    • huǒ zāi shǐ tā qīng jiā dàng chǎn

      火灾使倾家荡产

      He has lost his all in the fire.

    • nà chǎng guān si shǐ wǒ qīng jiā dàng chǎn

      官司使倾家荡产

      I was financially ruined by that law suit.

    • tā men wèi le nà suǒ fáng zi qīng jiā dàng chǎn

      他们为了房子倾家荡产

      They took a ruinous expenditure on the house.

    • zhè xiàng kāi zhī duì wǒ men lái shuō jiù yì wèi zhe qīng jiā dàng chǎn

      开支我们意味倾家荡产

      The cost would have meant financial ruin for us.