世风日下
shì​fēng​rì​xià

public morals are declining

  • created reference approved 世风日下/世風日下 → 人心不古 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    世风日下 / 世風日下 shì​fēng​rì​xià

    人心不古 rén​xīn​bù​gǔ

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created reference approved 世风日下/世風日下 → 移风易俗/移風易俗 (antonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    世风日下 / 世風日下 shì​fēng​rì​xià

    移风易俗 / 移風易俗 yí​fēng​yì​sú

    antonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 世风日下/世風日下 · shì​fēng​rì​xià · public morals are declining — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    世风日下 / 世風日下

    shì​fēng​rì​xià

    public morals are declining

    public morals are degenerating with each passing day; the world is going to the dogs

    世风 (literal) → 世风/世風 · shì​fēng · public morals 日 (literal) → 日 · rì · daily 下 (literal) → 下 · xià · to descend

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense