一落千丈

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind	thousand	zhang (unit of measurement)
trad. (一落千丈)		一	落	千	丈
simp. ^#(一落千丈)		一	落	千	丈
Literally: “to drop a thousand zhang in one fall”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīluòqiānzhàng

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄑㄧㄢㄓㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ lok⁶ cin¹ zoeng⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): it-lo̍h-chhian-tn̄g

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīluòqiānzhàng [Phonetic: yíluòqiānzhàng]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄑㄧㄢㄓㄤˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yiluòcianjhàng
  - Wade–Giles: i¹-lo⁴-chʻien¹-chang⁴
  - Yale: yī-lwò-chyān-jàng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iluohchianjanq
  - Palladius: илоцяньчжан (ilocjanʹčžan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ lu̯ɔ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat¹ lok⁶ cin¹ zoeng⁶
  - Yale: yāt lohk chīn jeuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ lok⁹ tsin¹ dzoeng⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ log⁶ qin¹ zêng⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ lɔːk̚² t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡sœːŋ²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: it-lo̍h-chhian-tn̄g
  - Tâi-lô: it-lo̍h-tshian-tn̄g
  - Phofsit Daibuun: itloiqchiend'ng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /it̚³²⁻⁴ lo(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tŋ̍²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /it̚⁵⁻²⁴ lo(ʔ)²⁴⁻² t͡ɕʰiɛn³³ tŋ̍⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /it̚³²⁻⁵ lo(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tŋ̍²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /it̚³²⁻⁴ lo(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ t͡ɕʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tŋ̍³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /it̚³²⁻⁴ lɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tŋ̍³³/

Idiom

一落千丈

(figurative) to suffer a devastating decline; to decline drastically

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