家道中落
jiā dào zhōng luò
Pinyin
Definition
家道中落
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- to come down in the world (idiom)
- to suffer a reversal of fortune
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一人得道,鸡犬升天
- 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
- 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
- 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
- 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一矢中的
- 1 to hit the target with a single shot
- 2 to say something spot on (idiom)
一落千丈
- 1 lit. to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiom)
- 2 fig. (of business, popularity etc) to suffer a sudden, devastating decline
- 3 to take a dive
一语中的
- 1 to hit the mark with a comment (idiom)
- 2 to say sth spot on
一语道破
- 1 one word says it all (idiom)
- 2 to hit the nail on the head
- 3 to be pithy and correct