华屋丘墟 huá wū qiū xū

DEFINITIONS

  1. magnificent building reduced to a mound of rubble (idiom); fig. all one's plans in ruins

CHARACTERS

华 huá flowery; illustrious; Chinese
屋 wū house; room; building, shelter
丘 qiū hill; elder; empty; a name
墟 xū high mound; hilly countryside; wasteland