妻离子散

妻离子散 [qī lí zǐ sàn]

1. ■ break up families; be separated from one's wife and children; breaking up or scattering of one's family; One's family was broken up.; Parents were separated from children; husbands tore themselves away from their wives.; with one's family broken up:

妻离子散， 家破人亡 (cause) the breakup by death or separation of the family