禮壞樂崩
lǐ​huài​yuè​bēng

society in total disarray

  • created reference approved 礼坏乐崩/禮壞樂崩 → 礼乐/禮樂 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    礼坏乐崩 / 禮壞樂崩 lǐ​huài​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 礼坏乐崩/禮壞樂崩 · lǐ​huài​yuè​bēng · society in total disarray — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    礼坏乐崩 / 禮壞樂崩

    lǐ​huài​yuè​bēng

    society in total disarray

    (idiom) rites and music are in ruins; describes a total breakdown of social order, institutions, and moral standards; traditional systems of etiquette and music have collapsed

    礼 (literal) → 礼/禮 · lǐ · propriety 坏 (literal) → 坏/壞 · guài · to ruin 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