一落千丈

Traditional form:

一落千丈

Pinyin (reading):

yīluòqiānzhàng

Definitions:

• lit. to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiom)
• fig. (of business, popularity etc) to suffer a sudden, devastating decline
• to take a dive

Characters:

• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 落 - to fall, to drop; surplus, net income
• 千 - thousand; many, numerous; very
• 丈 - gentleman, man, husband; unit of length equal to 3.3 meters

Traditional characters:

• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 落 - to fall, to drop; surplus, net income
• 千 - thousand; many, numerous; very
• 丈 - gentleman, man, husband; unit of length equal to 3.3 meters