家破人亡

jiāpò-rénwáng

idiom #35,881

Meanings

HSK 3

一场大火让他家破人亡。

Yì chǎng dàhuǒ ràng tā jiāpò-rénwáng.

A single fire left his family ruined and dead.

HSK 4

战争让无数家庭家破人亡。

Zhànzhēng ràng wúshù jiātíng jiāpò-rénwáng.

War has torn countless families apart, leaving homes destroyed and members dead.

Heavy, tragic register - reserved for serious calamity (war, disaster, severe misfortune). Do not use hyperbolically for minor setbacks.

家 jiā

破 pò

人 rén

亡 wáng