一落千丈 — Chinese idiom
一落千丈
yī luò qiān zhàng
Meaning
- lit. to drop a thousand zhang in one fall
- fig. (of business, popularity etc) to suffer a sudden, devastating decline
- to take a dive
Character by character
- 一yīone; a, an; alone
- 落luòto fall, to drop; surplus, net income
- 千qiānthousand; many, numerous; very
- 丈zhànggentleman, man, husband; unit of length equal to 3
Idioms sharing a character
- 一丁不识 yī dīng bù shí
- 一丘之貉 yī qiū zhī hé
- 一之为甚 yī zhī wéi shèn
- 一干二净 yī gān èr jìng
- 一了百了 yī liǎo bǎi liǎo
- 一事无成 yī shì wú chéng
- 一五一十 yī wǔ yī shí
- 一以贯之 yī yǐ guàn zhī
- 一元复始 yī yuán fù shǐ
- 一刀两断 yī dāo liǎng duàn
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