毀家紓難

Chinese

		to destroy; to damage; to ruin	home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools	slow; to free from	disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good
trad. (毀家紓難)		毀	家	紓	難
simp. (毁家纾难)		毁	家	纾	难

Etymology

From Zuo Zhuan (《左傳·莊公三十年》):

秋，申公鬭班殺子元，鬭谷於菟爲令尹，自毀其家以紓楚國之難。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

秋，申公鬭班杀子元，鬭谷於菟为令尹，自毁其家以纾楚国之难。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Qiū, Shēn Gōng Dǒu Bān shā Zǐyuán, Dǒu Gǔwūtú wéi lìngyǐn, zì huǐ qí jiā yǐ shū Chǔ guó zhī nàn. [Pinyin]

In autumn, Dou Ban (w:zh:鬬班), duke of Shen, put Ziyuan (w:zh:子元) to death. Dou Guwutu (w:zh:鬬㝅於菟) became chief minister, and emptied his house of everything to alleviate the difficulties of the State.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huǐjiāshūnàn

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˇ ㄐㄧㄚㄕㄨㄋㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wai² gaa¹ syu¹ naan⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huǐjiāshūnàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˇ ㄐㄧㄚㄕㄨㄋㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huěijiashunàn
  - Wade–Giles: hui³-chia¹-shu¹-nan⁴
  - Yale: hwěi-jyā-shū-nàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hoeijiashunann
  - Palladius: хуэйцзяшунань (xuejczjašunanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ ʂu⁵⁵ nän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wai² gaa¹ syu¹ naan⁴
  - Yale: wái gā syū nàahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai² gaa¹ sy¹ naan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: wei² ga¹ xu¹ nan⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯³⁵ kaː⁵⁵ ʃyː⁵⁵ naːn²¹/

Idiom

毀家紓難

sacrifice one's family wealth to save the state

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