覆巢无完卵
fù​cháo​wú​wán​luǎn

total disaster

  • created reference approved 覆巢无完卵/覆巢無完卵 → 覆巢之下无完卵/覆巢之下無完卵 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    覆巢无完卵 / 覆巢無完卵 fù​cháo​wú​wán​luǎn

    覆巢之下无完卵 / 覆巢之下無完卵 fù​cháo​zhī​xià​wú​wán​luǎn

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 覆巢无完卵/覆巢無完卵 · fù​cháo​wú​wán​luǎn · total disaster — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    覆巢无完卵 / 覆巢無完卵

    fù​cháo​wú​wán​luǎn

    total disaster

    Literally means "when the nest is overturned, no egg remains intact"; used to describe how no individual can escape unharmed when a family or group meets with total disaster.

    覆 (literal) → 复/覆 · fù · to overturn 巢 (literal) → 巢 · cháo · nest 无 (literal) → 无/無 · wú · to not have 完 (literal) → 完 · wán · complete 卵 (literal) → 卵 · luǎn · egg; ovum; spawn

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

    created sense