覆巢之下无完卵

Traditional form:

覆巢之下無完卵

Pinyin (reading):

fùcháozhīxiàwúwánluǎn

Definitions:

• lit. when the nest is upset no egg is left intact (idiom)
• fig. when one falls in disgrace the whole family is doomed

Characters:

• 覆 - to cover; to overturn; to repeat; to reply
• 巢 - nest, living quarters in tree
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 下 - below, underneath; inferior; to bring down; next
• 无 - no, not; lacking, -less
• 完 - to complete, to finish, to settle; whole
• 卵 - egg, ovum, roe; ovary, testes; to spawn

Traditional characters:

• 覆 - to cover; to overturn; to repeat; to reply
• 巢 - nest, living quarters in tree
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 下 - below, underneath; inferior; to bring down; next
• 無 - no, not; lacking, -less
• 完 - to complete, to finish, to settle; whole
• 卵 - egg, ovum, roe; ovary, testes; to spawn