礼乐崩坏
lǐ​yuè​bēng​huài

society in disarray

  • created reference approved 礼乐崩坏/禮樂崩壞 → 礼乐/禮樂 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    礼乐崩坏 / 禮樂崩壞 lǐ​yuè​bēng​huài

    礼乐 / 禮樂 lǐ​yuè

    see

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 礼乐崩坏/禮樂崩壞 · lǐ​yuè​bēng​huài · society in disarray — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    礼乐崩坏 / 禮樂崩壞

    lǐ​yuè​bēng​huài

    society in disarray

    rites and music are in ruins (idiom); refers to a state where institutional systems and social order have collapsed and traditional moral standards no longer exist

    礼乐 (literal) → 礼乐/禮樂 · lǐ​yuè · rites and music 崩坏 (literal) → 崩坏/崩壞 · bēng​huài · to collapse

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

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