国破家亡 [
guó pò jiā wáng]

The country is defeated and the home lost.
- 她经历了国破家亡的易代巨变,也尝尽了人世的辛酸苦辣。
She lived through catastrophes of family and nation when dynasties shifted, and suffered various adversities. - 他们在每一次国破家亡的灾难中,都迈向了更遥远的他乡,并创造了一个又一个的文化遗迹。
Everytime when their home meets the disaster, they have to move to another place and their culture remained as the relics. - 只有不懂历史的人才会天真的认为,国破家亡的伊拉克人会对“解放”他们的入侵者感恩戴德,感谢他们带来了一个民主政府。
Only an historical illiterate would have assumed that the divided Iraqis were bound to thank their invading liberators and coalesce in democratic government. He was convinced that he was right;