rites and music are in ruins (idiom); fig. society in total disarray; cf. 禮樂|礼乐[li3 yue4]
trad. 禮崩樂壞
Also written 禮崩樂壞【lǐ bēng yuè huài】
Characters in this word
4礼
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surname Li, abbr. for 禮記|礼记[Li3 ji4], Classic of Rites
- Pinyin
- Lǐ
- Traditional
- 禮
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 11331 of 2500
崩
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to collapse, to fall into ruins, death of king or emperor, demise
- Pinyin
- bēng
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 14781 of 2500
乐
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surname Le
- Pinyin
- Lè
- Traditional
- 樂
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 7672 of 2500
坏
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bad, spoiled, broken, to break down, (suffix) to the utmost
- Pinyin
- huài
- Traditional
- 壞
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 1076 of 2500