Chinese Traditional: 敗家
Chinese Simplified: 败家
Pinyin: bai4 jia1
Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˋ ㄐㄧㄚ
English Meaning: to make the family fall into reduced circumstances (financially or morally), to squander a family fortune

Related Words:

 

bài

1. to lose, to be defeated 2. to defeat 3. to ruin, to damage, to tarnish 4. to fail 5. to wither 6. dilapidated, worn-out, (of clothing) tattered 7. to rot 8. to remove, to get rid of

Here: to ruin, to damage, to tarnish

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jiā

1. home, residence, house 2. family 3. (a measure word for shops, restaurants, hotels) 4. (suffix indicating specialty of a person) 5. specialist 6. (suffix used after a noun to specify a type of person)

Here: family

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