一落千丈

yī luò qiān zhàng

Dictionary entry

lit. to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiom)

What does 一落千丈 mean?

一落千丈 (yī luò qiān zhàng) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiom)

2fig. (of business, popularity etc) to suffer a sudden, devastating decline

3to take a dive

Character breakdown

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一yīone · single 落làto leave out · to be missing 千qiānthousand 丈zhàngmeasure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m) · to measure

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yī luò qiān zhàng

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