急转直下
Traditional form:
急轉直下
Pinyin (reading):
jízhuǎnzhíxià
Definitions:
- to develop rapidly after abrupt turn (idiom); dramatic change
Characters:
- 急 - anxious, worried; hasty, quick; pressing, urgent
- 转 - to move, to convey; to turn, to revolve, to circle; to forward mail
- 直 - straight, vertical; candid, direct, frank
- 下 - below, underneath; inferior; to bring down; next
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