一蹶不振

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	stumble; trample; to kick (as a horse)	depressed; in low spirits
trad. (一蹶不振)		一	蹶	不振
simp. #(一蹶不振)		一	蹶	不振

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yījuébùzhèn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ kyut³ bat¹ zan³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): it-koat-put-chín

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yījuébùzhèn [Phonetic: yìjuébúzhèn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yijyuébùjhèn
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-chüeh²-pu⁴-chên⁴
    • Yale: yī-jywé-bù-jèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ijyuebujenn
    • Palladius: ицзюэбучжэнь (iczjuebučžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ kyut³ bat¹ zan³
    • Yale: yāt kyut bāt jan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ kyt⁸ bat⁷ dzan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ küd³ bed¹ zen³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ kʰyːt̚³ pɐt̚⁵ t͡sɐn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: it-koat-put-chín
    • Tâi-lô: it-kuat-put-tsín
    • Phofsit Daibuun: itkoatputcien
    • IPA (Xiamen): /it̚³²⁻⁴ kuat̚³²⁻⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sin⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /it̚⁵⁻²⁴ kuat̚⁵⁻²⁴ put̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sin⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /it̚³²⁻⁵ kuat̚³²⁻⁵ put̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sin⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /it̚³²⁻⁴ kuat̚³²⁻⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sin⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /it̚³²⁻⁴ kuat̚³²⁻⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sin⁴¹/

Idiom

一蹶不振

1. one tumbles and unable to speak at all
2. (figurative) the subject flipped over after wobbling