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每况愈下 (每況愈下)
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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

每况愈下 [měikuàngyùxià]
  1. 1. go from bad to worse

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

每况愈下 [měikuàngyùxià]
  1. 1. ailing; steadily deteriorate; go from bad to worse
    他的病情每况愈下,治不好了。
    His condition is getting steadily worse, and there is no hope of recovery.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

每况愈下 [měikuàngyùxià]
  1. 1. 原作"每下愈况"。《庄子·知北游》:"正获之问于监市履豨也,每下愈况。"意思是用脚踩猪腿的方法来验猪,越往下踩越能看出猪的肥瘦(正获:司正、司获,官名;监市:监管市场的人;履:踩;豨:猪;况:甚,严重)。后讹变为"每况愈下",形容越往下发展情况越严重。

Examples

家道每况愈下
to go from bad to worse
每况愈下
to go downhill
[fig] [business,person+] 每况愈下
to go from bad to worse
每况愈下
It's uncontradictable that the qualities of living have gone from bad to worse.
不可否认,我们的生活品质已经每况愈下
His health degenerated over the years.
他的健康几年来每况愈下
She has less energy at work due to her broken health.
由于健康每况愈下,她没有多少精力来工作了。
Right now, the American economy is going down the drain.
目前,美国经济正每况愈下
He was strung out on drugs.
他已吸毒成瘾,身体每况愈下

Word Decomposition


[měi]
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[kuàng]
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[yù]
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[xià]

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