一落千丈
Chinese edit
one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.) |
to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind | thousand | zhang (unit of measurement) | ||
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trad. (一落千丈) | 一 | 落 | 千 | 丈 | |
simp. #(一落千丈) | 一 | 落 | 千 | 丈 | |
Literally: “to drop a thousand zhang in one fall”. |
Pronunciation edit
Idiom edit
一落千丈
- (figurative) to suffer a devastating decline; to decline drastically