玉石俱摧 — “When a disaster strikes indiscriminately”
玉石俱摧 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “When a disaster strikes indiscriminately”. Both the good and the bad, the valuable and the worthless, are destroyed together. Literally, “Jade and common stone are both destroyed”.
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玉石俱摧 Pronunciation and Pinyin
玉石俱摧 Character Breakdown
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面对突如其来的自然灾害，无论农田还是房屋，都遭受了严重的破坏，真是玉石俱摧。
In the face of the sudden natural disaster, both farmlands and houses suffered severe damage; it was truly a case where both the valuable and the common were destroyed together.
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What does 玉石俱摧 mean?
玉石俱摧 (yù shí jù cuī) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “When a disaster strikes indiscriminately”.
How do you pronounce 玉石俱摧?
玉石俱摧 is pronounced yù shí jù cuī in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 玉石俱摧 literally mean?
Literally, 玉石俱摧 means “Jade and common stone are both destroyed”. It is used to mean “When a disaster strikes indiscriminately”.
What is the Chinese definition of 玉石俱摧?
犹玉石俱焚。