「家破人亡」
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| Pronunciation: | gaa1 po3 jan4 mong4 | 
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       家 home; family 破 break; to break; to crack; to split 人 human; human being; person; people; personality; everybody; (some) people; others; somebody; body of a person 亡 to flee; to die; to doom; to destroy; to escape; to lose  | 
    
| Part of Speech: | verb | 
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          to have a family 'broken up' because of the death of one or more members, usually after a catastrophe 
          
          
        
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
      
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