礼废乐崩
lǐ​fèi​yuè​bēng

society in ruins

  • created reference approved 礼废乐崩/禮廢樂崩 → 礼乐/禮樂 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    礼废乐崩 / 禮廢樂崩 lǐ​fèi​yuè​bēng

    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 礼废乐崩/禮廢樂崩 · lǐ​fèi​yuè​bēng · society in ruins — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    礼废乐崩 / 禮廢樂崩

    lǐ​fèi​yuè​bēng

    society in ruins

    (idiom) rites and music are in ruins; used to describe a society in total disarray where laws, systems, and moral standards have completely collapsed

    礼 (literal) → 礼/禮 · lǐ · propriety 废 (literal) → 废/廢 · fèi · to abolish 乐 (literal) → 乐/樂 · yuè · music 崩 (literal) → 崩 · bēng · to collapse

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

    created sense