一落千丈 yī luò qiān zhàng

to fall sharply; to drop a lot

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 24426th word

Definitions

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

Characters

Character Meaning
一 yī HSK 1
one; 1; single
落 luò HSK 4
to fall or drop; to lower; to lag or fall behind
千 qiān HSK 2
thousand; see 秋千qiū qiān
丈 zhàng HSK 2
husband; measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m)