每況愈下

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Chinese

each; every moreover; situation
heal; the more...the more; to recover
heal; the more...the more; to recover; better
 
under; next; lower
under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter
 
trad. (每況愈下)
simp. (每况愈下)
anagram 每下愈況每下愈况

Etymology

Corrupted from 每下愈況每下愈况 (měixiàyùkuàng) under folk etymology, reinterpreting (kuàng) (originally meaning "more") as "condition; situation".

Pronunciation


Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 每況愈下

  1. to jump out of the frying pan and into the fire; to go from bad to worse; to steadily deteriorate