lit. to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiom); fig. (of business, popularity etc) to suffer a sudden, devastating decline; to take a dive
Characters in this word
4一
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one, single, a (article), as soon as, entire; whole; all; throughout, "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1), also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- Pinyin
- yī
- Strokes
- 1
- Frequency
- 158 of 2500
落
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to leave out, to be missing, to leave behind or forget to bring, to lag or fall behind
- Pinyin
- là
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 4185 of 2500
千
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thousand
- Pinyin
- qiān
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 5441 of 2500
丈
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measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m), to measure, husband, polite appellation for an older male
- Pinyin
- zhàng
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 25048 of 2500