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同归于尽

tóng guī yú jìn

4-character word Traditional 同歸於盡

What 同归于尽 means

1. to die in such a way that sb (or sth) else also perishes
2. to take sb down with oneself
3. to end in mutual destruction

The characters in 同归于尽

• 同tónglike; same; similar
• 归guīto return; to go back to; to give back to
• 于yúto go; to take; sentence-final interrogative particle
• 尽jìnto use up; to exhaust; to end

Example sentences

• 我们必须学会像兄弟一样共同生活，要么就像傻子一样同归于尽。
  Wǒmen bìxū xuéhuì xiàng xiōngdì yīyàng gòngtóng shēnghuó, yàome jiù xiàng shǎzi yīyàng tóngguīyújìn.
  We must learn to live together as brothers, or we will perish together as fools.
• 我们必须学会像兄弟一样共同生活，要幺就像傻子一样同归于尽。
  We must learn to live together as brothers, or we will perish together as fools.