become bankrupt

become bankrupt

Broken, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is p ò Ji ā D à ngch ǎ n, meaning to run out of property. From Zhu Zi Yu Lei.

The origin of Idioms

Zhu Xi of Song Dynasty, volume 111 of Zhu Zi Yu Lei: "rich families in narrow villages, self-sufficiency of Jin and Jin, once they were enlisted, all of them broke their homes and property."

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym]: ruin one's family, break up one's business, demolish one's family and ruin one's property

Idiom usage

It refers to bankruptcy. The fourth volume of Xing Shi Heng Yan by Feng Menglong of Ming Dynasty: "if you touch him, there will be a storm. You have to make that man lose his family and property before you stop." In Li Boyuan's official circles in the Qing Dynasty, it is said that "(a gentleman) broke his family and property because of this; he sold his son to his daughter; he has heard about it from time to time; although he is responsible for it, when we talk about it, we always say that the magistrate is too serious."