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): ㄧ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄓㄤˋ

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīluòqiānzhàng [Phonetic: yíluòqiānzhàng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄓㄤˋ
    • 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 t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tŋ̍²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /it̚⁵⁻²⁴ lo(ʔ)²⁴⁻² t͡sʰiɛn³³ tŋ̍⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /it̚³²⁻⁵ lo(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tŋ̍²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /it̚³²⁻⁴ lo(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tŋ̍³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /it̚³²⁻⁴ lɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tŋ̍³³/

Idiom

一落千丈

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