礼崩乐坏
lǐ​bēng​yuè​huài

rites and music in ruins

  • created reference approved 礼崩乐坏/禮崩樂壞 → 礼乐/禮樂 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    礼崩乐坏 / 禮崩樂壞 lǐ​bēng​yuè​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 礼崩乐坏/禮崩樂壞 · lǐ​bēng​yuè​huài · rites and music in ruins — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    礼崩乐坏 / 禮崩樂壞

    lǐ​bēng​yuè​huài

    rites and music in ruins

    (idiom) describes a society in total disarray where the established systems of etiquette, music, and social order have collapsed; social and moral disintegration

    礼 (literal) → 礼/禮 · lǐ · propriety 崩 (literal) → 崩 · bēng · to collapse 乐 (literal) → 乐/樂 · yuè · music 坏 (literal) → 坏/壞 · huài · to go bad

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

    created sense