世风日下 — Chinese idiom
世风日下
shì fēng rì xià
Traditional: 世風日下
Meaning
- public morals are degenerating with each passing day
Character by character
- 世shìgeneration, era, age; world
- 风fēngwind; air; customs, manners; news
- 日rìsun; day; daytime
- 下xiàbelow, underneath; inferior; to bring down; next
Idioms sharing a character
- 一生一世 yī shēng yī shì
- 不可一世 bù kě yī shì
- 世代相传 shì dài xiāng chuán
- 世态炎凉 shì tài yán liáng
- 公之于世 gōng zhī yú shì
- 公诸于世 gōng zhū yú shì
- 前世姻缘 qián shì yīn yuán
- 四世同堂 sì shì tóng táng
- 太平盛世 tài píng shèng shì
- 孤独于世 gū dú yú shì
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