下乔入幽 — “Descend from tall trees and enter deep valleys”
下乔入幽 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to descend from a good or favorable position into a worse or unfavorable one; to go from an excellent situation to a difficult or poor circumstance”. Literally, “Descend from tall trees and enter deep valleys”.
下乔入幽 Pronunciation and Pinyin
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More idioms starting with 下
- xià下bù不wéi为lì例not to be repeated
- xià下bu不liǎo了tái台unable to extricate oneself from an embarrassing situation
- xià下bù不lái来tái台unable to save face in public
- xià下lín临wú无dì地bottomless drop from a great height
- xià下lín临wú无jì际looking down upon a boundless depth
- xià下qiáo乔mù木rù入yōu幽gǔ谷descend from good to bad situation
- xià下jǐng井tóu投shí石harm someone already in trouble
- xià下huí回fēn分jiě解To be continued
- xià下bǎn坂zǒu走wán丸roll effortlessly down a slope
- xià下sāi塞shàng上lóng聋blocked below, deaf above
- xià下xué学shàng上dá达learn from practical to profound
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What does 下乔入幽 mean?
下乔入幽 (xià qiáo rù yōu) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to descend from a good or favorable position into a worse or unfavorable one; to go from an excellent situation to a difficult or poor circumstance”.
How do you pronounce 下乔入幽?
下乔入幽 is pronounced xià qiáo rù yōu in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 下乔入幽 literally mean?
Literally, 下乔入幽 means “Descend from tall trees and enter deep valleys”. It is used to mean “to descend from a good or favorable position into a worse or unfavorable one; to go from an excellent situation to a difficult or poor circumstance”.
What is the Chinese definition of 下乔入幽?
冬季鸟躲在深山穷谷，到春天出来飞鸣于乔木，用来比喻人舍弃黑暗而接近光明，或者从劣境而进入良好的处境。相反则叫“下乔入幽”。