破巢之下安有完卵
pò​cháo​zhī​xià'ān​yǒu​wán​luǎn

no egg stays whole under a broken nest

  • created sense approved 破巢之下安有完卵 · pò​cháo​zhī​xià'ān​yǒu​wán​luǎn · no egg stays whole under a broken nest — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    破巢之下安有完卵

    pò​cháo​zhī​xià'ān​yǒu​wán​luǎn

    no egg stays whole under a broken nest

    when a family or organization falls into ruin, no individual member can remain unaffected; no one remains safe when the group collapses

    破 (literal) → 破 · pò · broken 巢 (literal) → 巢 · cháo · nest 之下 (literal) → 之下 · zhī​xià · under; less than 安 (literal) → 安 · ān · [how/where] 有 (literal) → 有 · yǒu · there is 完卵 (literal) → 完卵 · wán​luǎn · unbroken egg

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