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We strive to offer you free Chinese learning resources. This series focuses on idioms and proverbs, which are rich in meaning and can be used in various situations. Today’s idiom is 「破家亡國」, and its meaning and usage are explained below.

This feature highlights the idiom 「破家亡國」, with its meaning and examples shown below.

Countries collapsed and families were destroyed.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

pò jiā wáng guó

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

po3 ga1 mong4 gwok3

The vastness of Chinese idioms, with their many meanings and applications, is inspiring. We hope these resources will guide you in your language-learning adventure.