覆巢之下無完卵

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

Character by character

• 覆(fù)cover
• 巢(cháo)surname Chao
• 之(zhī)(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的 de)
• 下(xià)down
• 無(wú)not to have
• 完(wán)finish
• 卵(luǎn)egg