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血本無歸
  hyut3 bun2 mou4 gwai1   jyutping
  xue4 ben3 wu2 gui1   pinyin
receive nothing in for one's hard-earned savings or investments; to lose one's life savings due to bankruptcy etc.

Idiom

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
血本無歸 / 血本无归

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Characters in this word:

 hyut3  -  blood; blood relationship
 bun2  -  basis; original; copy
 mou4  -  not; negative; don't have
 gwai1  -  return; come together; belong to
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