měi​xià​yù​kuàng

to go from bad to worse

  • created reference approved 每下愈况/每下愈況 → 每况愈下/每況愈下 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    每下愈况 / 每下愈況 měi​xià​yù​kuàng

    每况愈下 / 每況愈下 měi​kuàng​yù​xià

    same_as

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

    created reference

  • created reference approved 每下愈况/每下愈況 → 蒸蒸日上 (antonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    每下愈况 / 每下愈況 měi​xià​yù​kuàng

    蒸蒸日上 zhēng​zhēng​rì​shàng

    antonym

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

    created reference

  • created reference approved 每下愈况/每下愈況 → 庄子/莊子 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    每下愈况 / 每下愈況 měi​xià​yù​kuàng

    庄子 / 莊子 zhuāng​zi

    see

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 每下愈况/每下愈況 · měi​xià​yù​kuàng · to go from bad to worse — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    每下愈况 / 每下愈況

    měi​xià​yù​kuàng

    to go from bad to worse

    to steadily deteriorate; to get worse and worse

    每 (literal) → 每 · měi · every 下 (literal) → 下 · xià · inferior 愈 (literal) → 愈 · yù · more 况 (literal) → 况/況 · kuàng · even more

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

    created sense

  • created sense approved 每下愈况/每下愈況 · měi​xià​yù​kuàng · to judge from a low point — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    每下愈况 / 每下愈況

    měi​xià​yù​kuàng

    to judge from a low point

    (literary) to judge the quality of something by examining its lowest or least obvious parts; originally used in [[庄子|莊子|zhuang1 zi5]] to describe checking a pig's fatness by treading on its legs

    每 (literal) → 每 · měi · every 下 (literal) → 下 · xià · below 愈 (literal) → 愈 · yù · more 况 (literal) → 况/況 · kuàng · to compare

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

    created sense