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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
一蹶不振 yījuébùzhèn	一蹶不振 \| 一蹶不振* \| *一蹶不振	one stumble, unable to rise (idiom); a setback leading to total collapse / ruined at a stroke / unable to recover after a minor hitch


坏掉 huàidiào	坏掉 \| 坏掉* \| *坏掉	to get broken; to get damaged; to get ruined	壞掉


小不忍则乱大谋 xiǎobùrěnzéluàndàmóu	小不…大谋 \| 小不…大谋* \| *小不…大谋	(idiom) great plans can be ruined by just a touch of impatience	小不忍則亂大謀


作践 zuòjiàn	作践 \| 作践* \| *作践	to ill-use / to humiliate / to degrade / to ruin / also pr. [zuo2 jian4]	作踐


坏事 huàishì	坏事 \| 坏事* \| *坏事	bad thing; misdeed / to ruin things	壞事 HSK 7-9


完了 wánle	完了 \| 完了* \| *完了	to be finished / to be done for / ruined / gone to the dogs / oh no	HSK 5


糟蹋 zāotà	糟蹋 \| 糟蹋* \| *糟蹋	to waste; to spoil / to ruin; to wreck / to insult; to humiliate / to defile (a woman); to rape / also pr. [zao1ta5]


不成样子 bùchéngyàngzi	不成样子 \| 不成样子* \| *不成样子	shapeless / deformed / ruined / beyond recognition / (of a person) reduced to a shadow	不成樣子


破败 pòbài	破败 \| 破败* \| *破败	to defeat / to crush (in battle) / beaten / ruined / destroyed / in decline	破敗


沦丧 lúnsàng	沦丧 \| 沦丧* \| *沦丧	to be lost / to be ruined / to perish / to wither away	淪喪


摧残 cuīcán	摧残 \| 摧残* \| *摧残	to ravage / to ruin	摧殘


倾城 qīngchéng	倾城 \| 倾城* \| *倾城	coming from everywhere / from all over the place / gorgeous (of woman) / to ruin and overturn the state	傾城


金玉其外，败絮其中 jīnyùqíwài, bàixùqízhōng	金玉…其中 \| 金玉…其中* \| *金玉…其中	gilded exterior, shabby and ruined on the inside (idiom)	金玉其外，敗絮其中


不归路 bùguīlù	不归路 \| 不归路* \| *不归路	road to ruin; course of action from which there is no turning back	不歸路


画蛇添足 huàshétiānzú	画蛇添足 \| 画蛇添足* \| *画蛇添足	lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous / to overdo it	畫蛇添足 HSK 7-9


祸根 huògēn	祸根 \| 祸根* \| *祸根	root of the trouble / cause of the ruin	禍根


弄坏 nònghuài	弄坏 \| 弄坏* \| *弄坏	to ruin / to spoil / to break	弄壞


心急吃不了热豆腐 xīnjíchībuliǎorèdòufu	心急…豆腐 \| 心急…豆腐* \| *心急…豆腐	hasty men don't get to eat hot tofu (idiom) / one just has to be patient / haste will ruin everything	心急吃不了熱豆腐


毁 huǐ	毁 \| 毁* \| *毁	to destroy; to ruin / to defame; to slander	毀 HSK 6


大伤元气 dàshāngyuánqì	大伤元气 \| 大伤元气* \| *大伤元气	to ruin one's constitution	大傷元氣


毁灭 huǐmiè	毁灭 \| 毁灭* \| *毁灭	to perish / to ruin / to destroy	毀滅 HSK 7-9


沦 lún	沦 \| 沦* \| *沦	to sink (into ruin, oblivion) / to be reduced to	淪


倾家 qīngjiā	倾家 \| 倾家* \| *倾家	to ruin a family / to lose a fortune	傾家


死路一条 sǐlùyītiáo	死路一条 \| 死路一条* \| *死路一条	(idiom) dead end / road to ruin	死路一條


功亏一篑 gōngkuīyīkuì	功亏一篑 \| 功亏一篑* \| *功亏一篑	lit. to ruin the enterprise for the sake of one basketful / to fail through lack of a final effort / to spoil the ship for a ha'penny worth of tar (idiom)	功虧一簣


残兵败将 cánbīngbàijiàng	残兵败将 \| 残兵败将* \| *残兵败将	ruined army, defeated general (idiom); scattered remnants	殘兵敗將


点金成铁 diǎnjīnchéngtiě	点金成铁 \| 点金成铁* \| *点金成铁	to transform gold into base metal (idiom); fig. to edit sb else's beautiful prose and ruin it	點金成鐵


断送 duànsòng	断送 \| 断送* \| *断送	to forfeit (future profit, one's life etc) / ruined	斷送


窳败 yǔbài	窳败 \| 窳败* \| *窳败	to ruin / corrupt	窳敗


金玉其表，败絮其中 jīnyùqíbiǎo, bàixùqízhōng	金玉…其中 \| 金玉…其中* \| *金玉…其中	gilded exterior, shabby and ruined on the inside (idiom)	金玉其表，敗絮其中


葬送 zàngsòng	葬送 \| 葬送* \| *葬送	to hold a funeral procession and burial / to give sb a final send-off / (fig.) to ruin (one's future prospects etc)


国破家亡 guópòjiāwáng	国破家亡 \| 国破家亡* \| *国破家亡	the country ruined and the people starving (idiom)	國破家亡


毁于一旦 huǐyúyīdàn	毁于一旦 \| 毁于一旦* \| *毁于一旦	(idiom) ruined in a short time (esp. of sth that took a long time or great effort to achieve)	毀於一旦


家破人亡 jiāpòrénwáng	家破人亡 \| 家破人亡* \| *家破人亡	family bankrupt and the people dead (idiom); ruined and orphaned / destitute and homeless


糟 zāo	糟 \| 糟* \| *糟	dregs / draff / pickled in wine / rotten / messy / ruined	HSK 5


残 cán	残 \| 残* \| *残	to destroy / to spoil / to ruin / to injure / cruel / oppressive / savage / brutal / incomplete / disabled / to remain / to survive / remnant / surplus	殘 HSK 7-9


敝 bì	敝 \| 敝* \| *敝	my (polite) / poor / ruined / shabby / worn out / defeated


稀 xī	稀 \| 稀* \| *稀	sparse; scattered / rare; uncommon / diluted; thin; watery / (bound form) sth liquid or of thin consistency (as in 綠豆稀｜绿豆稀 "sweet mung bean soup") / (bound form) totally; extremely (used with negative attributes, as in 稀糟 "utterly ruined")	HSK 7-9


败坏 bàihuài	败坏 \| 败坏* \| *败坏	to ruin / to corrupt / to undermine	敗壞


残垣 cányuán	残垣 \| 残垣* \| *残垣	(literary) ruined walls / ruins	殘垣


颓然 tuírán	颓然 \| 颓然* \| *颓然	decrepit / ruined / disappointed	頹然


偾 fèn	偾 \| 偾* \| *偾	to instigate / to ruin / to destroy	僨


山颓木坏 shāntuímùhuài	山颓木坏 \| 山颓木坏* \| *山颓木坏	lit. the mountains crumble and the trees lie ruined / a great sage has died (idiom)	山頹木壞


垝垣 guǐyuán	垝垣 \| 垝垣* \| *垝垣	collapsed wall / ruined wall


败絮 bàixù	败絮 \| 败絮* \| *败絮	ruined / broken down / shabby	敗絮


軭 kuāng	軭 \| 軭* \| *軭	to spoil (Cant.) / to ruin / to warp (car wheel)

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