禮崩樂壞 lǐ bēng yuè huài

DEFINITIONS

  1. rites and music are in ruins (idiom); fig. society in total disarray
  2. cf. 禮樂|礼乐[li3 yue4]

CHARACTERS

禮 lǐ social custom; manners; courtesy; rites
崩 bēng
HSK 6
rupture, split apart, collapse
樂 yuè happy, glad; enjoyable; music
壞 huài bad, spoil(ed), ruin, destroy