| 完了 | wán le | to be finished / to be done for / ruined / gone to the dogs / oh no | ![]() |
| 颓然 | tuí rán | decrepit / ruined / disappointed | ![]() |
| 断送 | duàn sòng | to forfeit (future profit, one's life etc) / ruined | ![]() |
| 破败 | pò bài | to defeat / to crush (in battle) / beaten / ruined / destroyed / in decline | ![]() |
| 败絮 | bài xù | ruined / broken down / shabby | ![]() |
| 糟 | zāo | dregs / draff / pickled in wine / rotten / messy / ruined | ![]() |
| 敝 | bì | my (polite) / poor / ruined / shabby / worn out / defeated | ![]() |
| 不成样子 | bù chéng yàng zi | shapeless / deformed / ruined / beyond recognition / (of a person) reduced to a shadow | ![]() |
| 坏掉 | huài diào | to get broken / to get damaged / to get ruined | ![]() |
| 一蹶不振 | yī jué bù zhèn | one stumble, unable to rise (idiom) / a setback leading to total collapse / ruined at a stroke / unable to recover after a minor hitch | ![]() |
| 家破人亡 | jiā pò rén wáng | family bankrupt and the people dead (idiom) / ruined and orphaned / destitute and homeless | ![]() |
| 毁于一旦 | huǐ yú yī dàn | (idiom) ruined in a short time (esp. of sth that took a long time or great effort to achieve) | ![]() |
| 沦丧 | lún sàng | to be lost / to be ruined / to perish / to wither away | ![]() |
| 残兵败将 | cán bīng bài jiàng | ruined army, defeated general (idiom) / scattered remnants | ![]() |
| 国破家亡 | guó pò jiā wáng | the country ruined and the people starving (idiom) | ![]() |
| 山颓木坏 | shān tuí mù huài | lit. the mountains crumble and the trees lie ruined / a great sage has died (idiom) | ![]() |
| 垝垣 | guǐ yuán | collapsed wall / ruined wall | ![]() |
| 金玉其外,败絮其中 | jīn yù qí wài , bài xù qí zhōng | gilded exterior, shabby and ruined on the inside (idiom) | ![]() |
| 金玉其表,败絮其中 | jīn yù qí biǎo , bài xù qí zhōng | gilded exterior, shabby and ruined on the inside (idiom) | ![]() |
| 残垣 | cán yuán | (literary) ruined walls / ruins | ![]() |
| 小不忍则乱大谋 | xiǎo bù rěn zé luàn dà móu | (idiom) great plans can be ruined by just a touch of impatience | ![]() |
