一落千丈 in English yi1 luo4 qian1 zhang4 Meaning

Meanings

  • literally (word for word) to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiomatic expression)
  • metaphorically (of business, popularity and so on) to suffer a sudden, devastating decline
  • to take a dive

Simplified Characters

一 落 千 丈

Traditional Characters

一 落 千 丈

Pinyin

yi1 luo4 qian1 zhang4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

一yi1one 落luo4to leave out 千qian1thousand 丈zhang4measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m)