毁于一旦
huǐ​yú​yī​dàn

destroyed in a moment

  • created sense approved 毁于一旦/毀於一旦 · huǐ​yú​yī​dàn · destroyed in a moment — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    毁于一旦 / 毀於一旦

    huǐ​yú​yī​dàn

    destroyed in a moment

    (idiom) to be ruined in a very short time; used especially of an achievement or object that was hard-earned or took a long time to build

    huǐ​yú​yí​dàn

    毁 (literal) → 毁/毀 · huǐ · to destroy 于 (literal) → 于/於 · yú · in 一旦 (literal) → 一旦 · yī​dàn · in a single day

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense