毁家纾难 — “Destroying one's family wealth to relieve a crisis”
毁家纾难 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to sacrifice one's entire family fortune to help alleviate significant difficulties or crises, often for a greater good”. Literally, “Destroying one's family wealth to relieve a crisis”.
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Origin and Story of 毁家纾难
In 665 BC, Lingyin (Prime Minister) Ziyuan of the Chu state led an army to attack the Zheng state. After retreating, he took residence in the royal palace, intending to usurp the late King Wen of Chu's wife.
The ministers of Chu devised a plan to eliminate Ziyuan and appointed Dougu Yutu as the new Lingyin.
Seeing the state's poverty and weakness, Dougu Yutu donated all of his family's assets to relieve the state's difficulties.
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More idioms starting with 毁
- huǐ毁bù不wēi危shēn身Grieve deeply without endangering self
- huǐ毁bù不miè灭xìng性grieve deeply but not to death
- huǐ毁yú于yī一dàn旦destroyed in an instant
- huǐ毁guān冠liè裂cháng裳sever ties completely
- huǐ毁zōng宗yí夷zú族exterminate an entire clan
- huǐ毁jiā家shū纾guó国sacrifice family for the nation
- huǐ毁lián廉miè蔑chǐ耻disregard integrity and shame
- huǐ毁xíng形miè灭xìng性destroy form and extinguish nature
- huǐ毁fāng方tóu投yuán圆abandon principles to conform
- huǐ毁fāng方wǎ瓦hé合abandon principles to conform to vulgar trends
- huǐ毁wǎ瓦huà画màn墁a pointless and futile endeavor
- huǐ毁zhōu舟wéi为duò杕destroy something valuable for something trivial
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Open the tool →Questions about 毁家纾难
What does 毁家纾难 mean?
毁家纾难 (huǐ jiā shū nàn) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to sacrifice one's entire family fortune to help alleviate significant difficulties or crises, often for a greater good”.
How do you pronounce 毁家纾难?
毁家纾难 is pronounced huǐ jiā shū nàn in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 毁家纾难 literally mean?
Literally, 毁家纾难 means “Destroying one's family wealth to relieve a crisis”. It is used to mean “to sacrifice one's entire family fortune to help alleviate significant difficulties or crises, often for a greater good”.
Where does 毁家纾难 come from?
毁家纾难 comes from a classical Chinese story dating back to ancient China. The full story is on this page.
What is the Chinese definition of 毁家纾难?
毁：破坏，毁坏；纾：缓和，解除。捐献所有家产，帮助国家减轻困难。