jiāng​hé​rì​xià

to go from bad to worse

  • created sense approved 江河日下 · jiāng​hé​rì​xià · to go from bad to worse — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    江河日下

    jiāng​hé​rì​xià

    to go from bad to worse

    Literally meaning rivers flow down every day; used to describe a situation that is deteriorating or declining day by day.

    江河 (literal) → 江河 · jiāng​hé · rivers 日下 (literal) → 日下 · rì​xià · to decline

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