{"path":"/entry/60366","title":"毁家纾难 / 毀家紓難 (huǐ jiā shū nàn) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"毁家纾难 / 毀家紓難 (huǐ jiā shū nàn): to sacrifice one's wealth to save the state (idiom). Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":60366,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["毁家纾难"],"TRADITIONAL":["毀家紓難"]}},"phonetic":"huǐ jiā shū nàn","phoneticKey":"hui3 jia1 shu1 nan4","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"to sacrifice one's wealth to save the state ","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]},{"dim":true,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"(idiom)","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["VERB"],"frequency":null,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":null},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[{"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["难"],"TRADITIONAL":["難"]}},"phonetic":"nàn","primaryPhonetic":"nán"}],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[],"origins":[{"literal":null,"content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"From Zuo Zhuan (《左傳·莊公三十年》)","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"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。","traditional":"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。"},"phonetic":"Qiū, Shēn Gōng Dǒu Bān shā Zǐyuán, Dǒu Gǔwūtú wéi lìngyǐn, zì huǐ qí jiā yǐ shū Chǔ guó zhī nàn.","english":"In autumn, Dou Ban（鬬班）, duke of Shen, put Ziyuan（子元）to death. Dou Guwutu（鬬㝅於菟）became chief minister, and emptied his house of everything to alleviate the difficulties of the Chu State.","ref":"Commentary of Zuo, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}