毀於一旦 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 毁于一旦 huǐyúyīdàn ㄏㄨㄟˇ ㄩˊ ㄧ ㄉㄢˋ ruined in a short time (esp. of sth that took a long time or great effort to achieve) idiom Character by character 毀(huǐ)destroy 於(yú)in 一(yī)one 旦(dàn)dawn A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0