每況愈下
Chinese edit
each; every | moreover; situation | heal; the more...the more; to recover heal; the more...the more; to recover; better |
under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter | ||
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trad. (每況愈下) | 每 | 況 | 愈 | 下 | |
simp. (每况愈下) | 每 | 况 | 愈 | 下 |
Etymology edit
Corrupted from 每下愈況/每下愈况 (měixiàyùkuàng) under folk etymology, reinterpreting 況/况 (kuàng) (originally meaning "more") as "condition; situation".
Pronunciation edit
Idiom edit
每況愈下
- to jump out of the frying pan and into the fire; to go from bad to worse; to steadily deteriorate