- 一落千丈
- yíluòqiānzhàngdrop a thousand zhang in one fall—suffer a drastic decline* * *suffer a disastrous decline* * *suffer a disastrous decline* * *一落千丈yī luò qiān zhàngsuffer a disastrous decline; a great fall; a precipitate (great; terrific) drop; disastrous drop; drop a thousand “zhang” in one fall; fall off to beat the band; sudden decline; suffer a sudden decline; utter failure* * *一落千丈|一落千丈 [yī luò qiān zhàng] ► 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
Chinese-English dictionary. Academic. 2013.