每況愈下

Chinese

		each; every	moreover; situation	heal; the more...the more; to recover heal; the more...the more; to recover; better	under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter
trad. (每況愈下)		每	況	愈	下
simp. (每况愈下)		每	况	愈	下

Etymology

Corrupted from 每下愈況／每下愈况 (měixiàyùkuàng) under folk etymology, reinterpreting 況／况 (kuàng) (originally meaning "more") as "condition; situation".

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): měikuàngyùxià

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ ㄎㄨㄤˋ ㄩˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mui⁵ fong³ jyu⁶ haa⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: měikuàngyùxià
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄎㄨㄤˋ ㄩˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: měikuàngyùsià
    • Wade–Giles: mei³-kʻuang⁴-yü⁴-hsia⁴
    • Yale: měi-kwàng-yù-syà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeikuanqyuhshiah
    • Palladius: мэйкуанъюйся (mɛjkuanʺjujsja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰu̯ɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ y⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mui⁵ fong³ jyu⁶ haa⁶
    • Yale: múih fong yuh hah
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mui⁵ fong³ jy⁶ haa⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: mui⁵ fong³ yu⁶ ha⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːi̯¹³ fɔːŋ³³ jyː²² haː²²/

Idiom

每況愈下

1. to jump out of the frying pan and into the fire; to go from bad to worse; to steadily deteriorate