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The idiom being introduced now is 「家破人亡」. Below, you’ll find its meaning and usage examples.

Families went bankrupt and people died.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

jiā pò rén wáng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

ga1 po3 yan4 mong4

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