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) | ||
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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
- Cantonese (Jyutping): jat1 lok6 cin1 zoeng6
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): it-lo̍h-chhian-tn̄g
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- 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/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- 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/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- 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/
- (Hokkien)
Idiom
(deprecated template usage) 一落千丈
- (figurative) to suffer a devastating decline; to decline drastically
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