家破人亡

家破人亡 [jiā pò rén wáng]

1. ■ The members of one's family are partly dispersed and partly dead.; (cause) death and destruction to sb.; family ruined; One's family is ruined and all of its members are dead.; One's family was broken up and its members killed [died].; One's property was gone, and one's people lost.; The family is scattered and its members have escaped.; with one's family broken up, some gone away, some dead; with the family broken up and decimated