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毁于一旦

huǐ yú yī dàn

4-character word Traditional 毀於一旦

What 毁于一旦 means

1. idiomruined in a short time (esp. of sth that took a long time or great effort to achieve)

The characters in 毁于一旦

• 毁huǐto destroy; to ruin; to defame; to slander
• 于yúto go; to take; sentence-final interrogative particle
• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 旦dàn(literary) dawn; daybreak; dan, female role in Chinese opera…