毁于一旦 meaning in Chinese
be destroyed on one day [in a moment]; be wiped out in a day
Examples
- One day the whole escape plan was almost discovered .
有一天，整个逃跑计划差一点毁于一旦。 - There was a fire , and five years of research work went west .
失了一场火，五年的研究工作毁于一旦。 - Was some damn newspaper, concerned only with printing a sensational one-day story, about to lay in ruins all his work and dreams ?
难道这一家倒运的报纸，只关心这一天刊登一条耸人听闻的消息，于是他的工作和梦想将会全部毁于一旦？ - The sudden fire undid months of hard work
这场突发的大火把数月的艰辛血汗毁于一旦。 - They broke off a friendship of twenty years ' standing
他们的二十年的交情毁于一旦。