華屋丘墟 huá wū qiū xū

grand house now ruins; dreams destroyed

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

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

Characters

Character Meaning
華 huá
abbr. for China; magnificent; splendid
屋 wū HSK 5
house; room
丘 qiū HSK 6
surname Qiu; mound; hillock
墟 xū HSK 6
ruins; (literary) village; country fair