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phá gia

Pronunciation Northern /faː˧˥ zaː˧˧/ Central /fa̰ː˩˧ jaː˧˥/ Southern /faː˧˥ jaː˧˧/
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squander fortune
Verb
squander fortune
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Meaning
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This term is used to refer to the act of wasting or squandering one's family fortune or wealth.

vi Anh ta là một kẻ phá gia khi tiêu hết tiền tiết kiệm của bố mẹ.

en He squandered his family's fortune by spending all his parents' savings.

Parts
phá / gia / 破家
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Components

Components

phá gia
Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
破家
Candidates by syllable
phá 破 gia 家
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
Similar
phá giá
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Easily confused

Same spelling, different tone
Use
phá gia chi tử / phá sản / khám phá / phá vỡ …
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Words containing this
phá (destroy) — words using
gia (increase; add) — words using
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