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Chinese
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to destroy; to damage; to ruin
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home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools |
slow; to free from
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disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good |
| trad. (毀家紓難)
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毀
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家
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紓
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難
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| simp. (毁家纾难)
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毁
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家
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纾
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难
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Etymology
From Zuo Zhuan (《左傳·莊公三十年》):
秋，申公鬭班殺子元，鬭谷於菟爲令尹，自毀其家以紓楚國之難。
秋，申公鬭班杀子元，鬭谷於菟为令尹，自毁其家以纾楚国之难。 - From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Qiū, Shēn Gōng Dǒu Bān shā Zǐyuán, Dǒu Gǔwūtú wéi lìngyǐn, zì huǐ qí jiā yǐ shū Chǔ guó zhī nàn.
- In autumn, Dou Ban（鬬班）, duke of Shen, put Ziyuan（子元）to death. Dou Guwutu（鬬㝅於菟）became chief minister, and emptied his house of everything to alleviate the difficulties of the Chu State.
Pronunciation
Idiom
毀家紓難
- to sacrifice one's family fortune to save the state; to offer all that a family owns to help the country get through a crisis