{"path":"/entry/71741","title":"玉石俱焚 (yù shí jù fén) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"玉石俱焚 (yù shí jù fén): to burn both jade and common stone. Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":71741,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["玉石俱焚"],"TRADITIONAL":["玉石俱焚"]}},"phonetic":"yù shí jù fén","phoneticKey":"yu4 shi2 ju4 fen2","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"to burn both jade and common stone","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]},{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"to destroy indiscriminately ","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":[],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[{"label":null,"relations":[{"kind":"SYNONYM","readingId":19864,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["同归于尽"],"TRADITIONAL":["同歸於盡"]}},"phonetic":"tóng guī yú jìn","gloss":{"simplified":"to die in such a way that someone (or something) else also perishes","traditional":null}}],"primary":true}],"origins":[{"literal":"jade and stone incinerated together","content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"From the chapter 胤征 of the Forged Old Text of Shangshu:","traditional":null}},{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"According to Mei Zhuo (circa 1483～1553) and Yan Ruoqu (1636～1704)'s research, this word is ultimately from the colloquial language as of the Jin dynasty (265～420).","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"火炎昆冈，玉石俱焚。天吏逸德，烈于猛火。","traditional":"火炎崑岡，玉石俱焚。天吏逸德，烈于猛火。"},"phonetic":"Huǒyán Kūngāng, yù shí jù fén. Tiānlì yìdé, liè yú měnghuǒ.","english":"When the fire blazes over the ridge of Kunlun, gems and stones are burnt at the same time; but if a minister of the Son of Heaven failed to fulfil his duty, the consequences will be fiercer than that of the blazing fire.","ref":"Forged Old Text of the Book of Documents, circa 3ʳᵈ – 4ᵗʰ century CE"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}