覆巢之下，无完卵
fù​cháo​zhī​xià​wú​wán​luǎn

no egg remains intact when the nest is overturned

  • created sense approved 覆巢之下，无完卵/覆巢之下，無完卵 · fù​cháo​zhī​xià​wú​wán​luǎn · no egg remains intact when the nest is overturned — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    覆巢之下，无完卵 / 覆巢之下，無完卵

    fù​cháo​zhī​xià​wú​wán​luǎn

    no egg remains intact when the nest is overturned

    when a family or group is destroyed, every member suffers; no one can remain unscathed in a general catastrophe

    覆 (literal) → 复/覆 · fù · to overturn 巢 (literal) → 巢 · cháo · nest 之下 (literal) → 之下 · zhī​xià · under; less than ， (non_chinese) 无 (literal) → 无/無 · wú · to not have 完卵 (literal) → 完卵 · wán​luǎn · unbroken egg

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