yī luò qiān zhàng

一落千丈 (yī luò qiān zhàng) is a Chinese word meaning “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”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiom)
  2. 2fig. (of business, popularity etc) to suffer a sudden, devastating decline
  3. 3to take a dive

Characters in 一落千丈

一yī · one落là · to leave out千qiān · thousand丈zhàng · measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m)

Related words

一one一个a; an; one一起(in) the same place一样same一下(after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try)一直straight (in a straight line)一切everything一点a bit; a little bit一定surely; certainly; definitely第一first一些some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er唯一only; sole

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