礼崩乐坏 (禮崩樂壞)
lǐ bēng yuè huài
Pinyin

Definition

礼崩乐坏 (禮崩樂壞)
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lǐ bēng yuè huài
  1. rites and music are in ruins (idiom); fig. society in total disarray
  2. cf. 禮樂|礼乐[lǐ yuè]

Related Words (17)

bēng kuì
  1. 1 to collapse
  2. 2 to crumble
  3. 3 to fall apart
tiān bēng dì liè
  1. 1 heaven falls and earth rends (idiom); rocked by a major disaster
  2. 2 fig. violent revolution
  3. 3 major social upheaval
bēng
  1. 1 to collapse
  2. 2 to fall into ruins
  3. 3 death of king or emperor
  4. 4 demise
bēng tā
  1. 1 talus slide
  2. 2 to crumble (of scree slope)
  3. 3 to collapse
  4. 4 landslide
bēng pán
  1. 1 (finance) to crash
  2. 2 to collapse
  3. 3 crash

Idioms (4)

分崩离析
fēn bēng lí xī
  1. 1 to collapse and fall apart (idiom); to break up
  2. 2 falling to pieces
天崩地裂
tiān bēng dì liè
  1. 1 heaven falls and earth rends (idiom); rocked by a major disaster
  2. 2 fig. violent revolution
  3. 3 major social upheaval
从善如登,从恶如崩
cóng shàn rú dēng , cóng è rú bēng
  1. 1 doing good is like a hard climb, doing evil is like an easy fall (idiom)
礼崩乐坏
lǐ bēng yuè huài
  1. 1 rites and music are in ruins (idiom); fig. society in total disarray
  2. 2 cf. 禮樂|礼乐[lǐ yuè]