毀於一旦

Chinese

		to destroy; to damage; to ruin	in; at; to in; at; to; from; by; than; out of; surname	once; as soon as; one day once; as soon as; one day; single day
trad. (毀於一旦)		毀	於	一旦
simp. (毁于一旦)		毁	于	一旦

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huǐyúyīdàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˇ ㄩˊ ㄧ ㄉㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai² jyu¹ jat¹ daan⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huǐyúyīdàn [Phonetic: huǐyúyídàn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˇ ㄩˊ ㄧ ㄉㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huěiyúyidàn
    • Wade–Giles: hui³-yü²-i¹-tan⁴
    • Yale: hwěi-yú-yī-dàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hoeiyuidann
    • Palladius: хуэйюйидань (xuejjujidanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ y³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ tän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai² jyu¹ jat¹ daan⁶
    • Yale: wái yū yāt daahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai² jy¹ jat⁷ daan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei² yu¹ yed¹ dan⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯³⁵ jyː⁵⁵ jɐt̚⁵ taːn²²/

Idiom

毀於一旦

1. to be ruined all at once

   多年來的心血毀於一旦 [MSC, trad.]
   多年来的心血毁于一旦 [MSC, simp.]

   duōnián lái de xīnxuè huǐyúyīdàn [Pinyin]

   the result of many years' labor was destroyed all at once