dissipate one's fortune

dissipate one's fortune

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Q ī ngji ā D à ngch ǎ n, which means that all the property has been destroyed. It comes from the biography of Dong He.

The origin of Idioms

According to the biography of Dong He in the history of the Three Kingdoms, it is said that "the family of goods, Houfu and Yushi, the marriage, and the whole family."

Idiom usage

It refers to bankruptcy with derogatory meaning. The bandits stare at their big pot helmets. Qu Bo's "forest sea and snow plain" and "records of the Three Kingdoms · Shu Shu · biography of Dong He": "the family of goods, Hou Fu and Yu Shi, the marriage, the family." "the first moment makes a surprise" Volume 25: "and in the twinkling of an eye merciless, turning back is a plan. That's why people lose their property, lose their reputation and lose their virtue. " According to Zhaolian's Xiaoting miscellaneous records, customs duties, "the merchants lost their property as a result of the increasingly severe tax collection." Chapter 6 of the history of civilization: "later, the magistrate Fu asked the local government to share the compensation. He had no choice but to sell the land and houses. He paid them together and then he was released. He had already lost his fortune." Qu Bo's the sea of woods and the snow 30: the bandits stare at their big pot helmets and lose their property.

Analysis of Idioms

A poor family with no family