覆巢无完卵
fù cháo wú wán luǎn
Pinyin

Definition

覆巢无完卵
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fù cháo wú wán luǎn
  1. lit. when the nest overturns no egg remains intact
  2. no member escapes unscathed from a family disaster (idiom)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

完
wán
  1. 1 to finish
  2. 2 to be over
  3. 3 whole
  4. 4 complete
  5. 5 entire
完全
wán quán
  1. 1 complete
  2. 2 whole
  3. 3 totally
  4. 4 entirely
完成
wán chéng
  1. 1 to complete
  2. 2 to accomplish
完美
wán měi
  1. 1 perfect
  2. 2 perfection
  3. 3 perfectly
做完
zuò wán
  1. 1 to finish
  2. 2 to complete the task
吃完
chī wán
  1. 1 to finish eating
完善
wán shàn
  1. 1 (of systems, facilities etc) comprehensive
  2. 2 well-developed
  3. 3 excellent
  4. 4 to refine
  5. 5 to improve
完工
wán gōng
  1. 1 to finish work
  2. 2 to complete a project
完整
wán zhěng
  1. 1 complete
  2. 2 intact
完毕
wán bì
  1. 1 to finish
  2. 2 to end
  3. 3 to complete
完结
wán jié
  1. 1 to finish
  2. 2 to conclude
  3. 3 completed
完蛋
wán dàn
  1. 1 (coll.) to be done for
写完
xiě wán
  1. 1 to finish writing
用完
yòng wán
  1. 1 used up
  2. 2 finished
翻来覆去
fān lái fù qù
  1. 1 to toss and turn (sleeplessly)
  2. 2 again and again
考完
kǎo wán
  1. 1 to finish an exam
覆盖
fù gài
  1. 1 to cover
雀巢
Què cháo
  1. 1 Nestlé
颠覆
diān fù
  1. 1 to topple (i.e. knock over)
  2. 2 to capsize
  3. 3 fig. to overturn (a regime, by plotting or subversion)
  4. 4 to undermine
  5. 5 to subvert
不完美
bù wán měi
  1. 1 defective
  2. 2 imperfect

Idioms (20)

事危累卵
shì wēi lěi luǎn
  1. 1 lit. the matter has become a pile of eggs (idiom); fig. at a critical juncture
以卵击石
yǐ luǎn jī shí
  1. 1 lit. to strike a stone with egg (idiom); to attempt the impossible
  2. 2 to invite disaster by overreaching oneself
倾巢来犯
qīng cháo lái fàn
  1. 1 to turn out in force ready to attack (idiom)
倾巢而出
qīng cháo ér chū
  1. 1 the whole nest came out (idiom); to turn out in full strength
全军覆没
quán jūn fù mò
  1. 1 total defeat of an army (idiom); fig. a complete wipeout
前车之覆，后车之鉴
qián chē zhī fù , hòu chē zhī jiàn
  1. 1 lit. the cart in front overturns, a warning to the following cart (idiom); fig. draw lesson from the failure of one's predecessor
  2. 2 learn from past mistake
  3. 3 once bitten twice shy
功完行满
gōng wán xíng mǎn
  1. 1 to fully achieve one's ambitions (idiom)
危如累卵
wēi rú lěi luǎn
  1. 1 precarious as pile of eggs (idiom); ready to fall and break at any moment
  2. 2 in a dangerous state
天翻地覆
tiān fān dì fù
  1. 1 sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion
  2. 2 everything turned on its head
完事大吉
wán shì dà jí
  1. 1 everything is finished (idiom); And there you are!
完璧归赵
wán bì guī Zhào
  1. 1 lit. to return the jade annulus to Zhao (idiom); fig. to return something intact to its rightful owner
杀鸡取卵
shā jī qǔ luǎn
  1. 1 lit. to kill the chicken to get the eggs (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
翻天覆地
fān tiān fù dì
  1. 1 sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion
  2. 2 everything turned on its head
翻手为云覆手变雨
fān shǒu wéi yún fù shǒu biàn yǔ
  1. 1 lit. turning his hand palm up he gathers the clouds, turning his hand palm down he turns them to rain
  2. 2 very powerful and capable (idiom)
翻云覆雨
fān yún fù yǔ
  1. 1 to produce clouds with one turn of the hand and rain with another (idiom); fig. to shift one's ground
  2. 2 tricky and inconstant
  3. 3 to make love
臻于完善
zhēn yú wán shàn
  1. 1 to attain perfection (idiom)
覆巢之下无完卵
fù cháo zhī xià wú wán luǎn
  1. 1 lit. when the nest is upset no egg is left intact (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. when one falls in disgrace the whole family is doomed
覆巢无完卵
fù cháo wú wán luǎn
  1. 1 lit. when the nest overturns no egg remains intact
  2. 2 no member escapes unscathed from a family disaster (idiom)
覆水难收
fù shuǐ nán shōu
  1. 1 spilt water is difficult to retrieve (idiom)
  2. 2 it's no use crying over spilt milk
  3. 3 what's done is done and can't be reversed
  4. 4 the damage is done
  5. 5 once divorced, there's no reuniting
载舟覆舟
zài zhōu fù zhōu
  1. 1 to carry a boat or to overturn a boat (idiom); fig. The people can support a regime or overturn it.

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