- lit. to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiom)
- fig. (of business, popularity etc) to suffer a sudden, devastating decline
- to take a dive
Characters
- 一 (一): one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- 落 (落): to leave out; to be missing; to leave behind or forget to bring; to lag or fall behind
- 千 (千): thousand
- 丈 (丈): measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m); to measure; husband; polite appellation for an older male
Resources
- Wiktionary: 一落千丈
- MDBG: 一落千丈
- Examples with 一落千丈 on Tatoeba
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