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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: měikuàngyùxià
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄎㄨㄤˋ ㄩˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeikuanqyiwshiah
  - IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ kʰu̯ɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ y⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mui⁵ fong³ jyu⁶ haa⁶
  - Yale: múih fong yuh hah
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mui⁵ fong³ jy⁶ haa⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: mui⁵ fong³ yu⁶ ha⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /muːy̯¹³ fɔːŋ³³ jyː²² häː²²/

Idiom

每況愈下

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

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