粵

毀wai2於jyu1一jat1旦daan3

simp毁于一旦
wai2 jyu1 jat1 daan3huǐ yú yī dàn

English

  1. (idiom) ruined in a short time (esp. of sth that took a long time or great effort to achieve)
  2. to be destroyed in a very short time

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 形容一樣嘢響好短時間之內被完全毀滅

Examples

  • 廣島響核爆之中毀於一旦。

    Hiroshima was destroyed in an instant from a nuclear explosion.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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