一落千丈 yī luò qiān zhàng

DEFINITIONS

  1. lit. to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiom)
  2. fig. (of business, popularity etc) to suffer a sudden, devastating decline
  3. to take a dive

CHARACTERS

一 yī
HSK 1
one; a, an; alone
落 luò
HSK 4
fall, drop; net income, surplus
千 qiān
HSK 2
thousand; many, numerous; very; (Cant.) a cheater, swindler
丈 zhàng
HSK 2
unit of length equal 3.3 meters; gentleman, man, husband