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Open the tool →下乔木入幽谷 (xià qiáo mù rù yōu gǔ) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to descend from a high or favorable position into a low, obscure, or unfavorable one; to go from a good situation to a bad one; to abandon a bright path for a dark one”.
下乔木入幽谷 is pronounced xià qiáo mù rù yōu gǔ in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 下乔木入幽谷 means “Descend from tall trees into a secluded valley”. It is used to mean “to descend from a high or favorable position into a low, obscure, or unfavorable one; to go from a good situation to a bad one; to abandon a bright path for a dark one”.
从高树上下来,钻进幽深的坑谷里。比喻弃明从暗,或从良好的处境转入恶劣的处境。