覆巢无完卵
Traditional form:
覆巢無完卵
Pinyin (reading):
fùcháowúwánluǎn
Definitions:
- lit. when the nest overturns no egg remains intact
- no member escapes unscathed from a family disaster (idiom)
Characters:
- 覆 - to cover; to overturn; to repeat; to reply
- 巢 - nest, living quarters in tree
- 无 - no, not; lacking, -less
- 完 - to complete, to finish, to settle; whole
- 卵 - egg, ovum, roe; ovary, testes; to spawn
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