Read Edit View history 一蹶不振 yījuébùzhèn to collapse after a setback Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Senses Add sense 一蹶不振 yījuébùzhèn (also yìjuébúzhèn) to collapse after a setback Literally "one stumble, unable to rise"; used as an idiom to describe being unable to recover or pull oneself together after a single failure or defeat. Edit Delete References Add reference antonym 东山再起/東山再起 → 一蹶不振/一蹶不振 Edit Delete antonym 再接再厉/再接再厲 → 一蹶不振/一蹶不振 Edit Delete
一蹶不振 yījuébùzhèn (also yìjuébúzhèn) to collapse after a setback Literally "one stumble, unable to rise"; used as an idiom to describe being unable to recover or pull oneself together after a single failure or defeat. Edit Delete