傾家蕩產

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Chinese

to exhaust one's family's financial resources
trad. (傾家蕩產/傾家盪產) 傾家 蕩產/盪產
simp. (倾家荡产) 倾家 荡产

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Idiom

傾家蕩產

  1. to exhaust all of a family's financial resources; to break the bank; to bring a family to ruin