覆宗绝嗣 — “Destroy the clan and cut off the lineage”
覆宗绝嗣 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to bring about the destruction of one's clan and the end of one's family line; to cause one's ancestral worship to cease and descendants to be cut off”. Literally, “destroy the clan and cut off the lineage”.
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- fù覆qián前jiè戒hòu后learn from past mistakes
- fù覆qù去fān翻lái来toss and turn repeatedly
- fù覆dì地fān翻tiān天cause earth-shaking changes
- fù覆cháo巢qīng倾luǎn卵When the main entity is destroyed, all constituents suffer
- fù覆cháo巢wú无wán完luǎn卵When the group falls, no one escapes harm
- fù覆cháo巢huǐ毁luǎn卵If the whole is destroyed, no part remains intact
- fù覆cháo巢pò破luǎn卵When the nest overturns, no egg is whole
- fù覆shì是wèi为fēi非distort the truth
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What does 覆宗绝嗣 mean?
覆宗绝嗣 (fù zōng jué sì) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to bring about the destruction of one's clan and the end of one's family line; to cause one's ancestral worship to cease and descendants to be cut off”.
How do you pronounce 覆宗绝嗣?
覆宗绝嗣 is pronounced fù zōng jué sì in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 覆宗绝嗣 literally mean?
Literally, 覆宗绝嗣 means “destroy the clan and cut off the lineage”. It is used to mean “to bring about the destruction of one's clan and the end of one's family line; to cause one's ancestral worship to cease and descendants to be cut off”.
What is the Chinese definition of 覆宗绝嗣?
覆宗：倾毁祖庙。指倾覆宗庙，断绝后代