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

HSK 4

一次错误的决定断送了他的前途。

Yī cì cuòwù de juédìng duànsòng le tā de qiántú.

One wrong decision ruined his future.

HSK 6

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