断送

斷送

duànsòng

verb #19,805

Meanings

1 to forfeit
2 to ruin
3 to throw away

Characters

to break; to sever

to send; to deliver

Examples

一次错误的决定断送了他的前途。

Yī cì cuòwù de juédìng duànsòngle tā de qiántú.

One wrong decision ruined his future.

不要因为一时冲动断送自己的事业。

Bùyào yīnwèi yīshí chōngdòng duànsòng zìjǐ de shìyè.

Don't throw away your career over a moment of impulse.

Tips

memory

断 (sever) + 送 (send away) = to send something to its severance. You've 'cut off and sent away' your future.

Stroke Order

断 duàn

送 sòng