「一落千丈」
Entry #1 | |
Pronunciation: | jat1 lok6 cin1 zoeng6 |
Individual Character Meaning: |
一 one; as soon as; once 落 to fall; to drop; to go down; to put in; to add; to get an abortion; to abort 千 thousand 丈 Zhang, (10 ft) |
Part of Speech: | verb |
Explanation: |
to suffer from a drastic decline; literally "to drop a thousand in one fall"
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