断送

shì qing dōu duàn sòng zài tā shǒu li

事情都断送在他手里。

He ruined everything.

duàn sòng qián chéng

断送前程

wreck one's career

duàn sòng xìng mìng

断送性命

lose one's life

yóu yú guǎn lǐ bù shàn zhè jiā qǐ yè bèi duàn sòng le

由于管理不善，这家企业被断送了。

Mismanagement led to the collapse of the enterprise.

zhèng shì nà ge cuò wù duàn sòng le tā dé dào nà fèn gōng zuò de jī huì

正是那个错误断送了他得到那份工作的机会。

That one mistake ruined his chances of getting the job.

wǒ men duàn sòng le dé dào nà fèn hé tong de jī huì

我们断送了得到那份合同的机会。

We've blown our chances of getting that contract.

wǒ kǎo shì kǎo de yī tā hú tú zhè jiù duàn sòng le wǒ de dà xué shēng yá

我考试考得一塌糊涂，这就断送了我的大学生涯。

My disastrous exam results dealt the coup de gr â ce to my university career.

wǒ yī diǎn yě méi xiǎng dào zhè huì duàn sòng le wǒ de zhí yè shēng yá

我一点也没想到这会断送了我的职业生涯。

Little did I know that this spelled the end of my career.