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江河日下 — “To go from bad to worse”

江河日下 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to go from bad to worse”. To be in a continuous decline; to deteriorate day by day. Literally, “rivers flow downward day by day”.

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江河日下 Pronunciation and Pinyin

  • 江jiāng
  • 河hé
  • 日rì
  • 下xià

江河日下 Character Breakdown

CharacterPinyinStrokesMeaning
江
jiāng6large river, Yangtze River
河
hé8river
日
rì4sun, day, Japan
下
xià3below, down, next, to descend

Example Sentence with 江河日下

公司的业绩江河日下,令所有员工感到担忧。
The company's performance is going from bad to worse, causing concern among all employees.

Idioms Related to 江河日下

Synonyms of 江河日下

  • měi每kuàng况yù愈xià下go from bad to worse
  • jiāng江liú流rì日xià下deteriorating day by day

Antonyms of 江河日下

  • zhēng蒸zhēng蒸rì日shàng上thriving and prosperous day by day

More idioms starting with 江

  • jiāng江dōng东fù父lǎo老Elders or people of one's hometown
  • jiāng江dōng东dú独bù步Unrivaled in the Jiangdong region
  • jiāng江yún云wèi渭shù树deep feelings of parting and longing
  • jiāng江nán南hǎi海běi北far and wide
  • jiāng江tiān天yī一sè色river and sky merge into one color
  • jiāng江shān山bù不lǎo老May your life be as eternal as mountains and rivers
  • jiāng江shān山zhī之yì异drastic transformation of a landscape or territory
  • jiāng江shān山zhī之hèn恨Sorrow over lost homeland
  • jiāng江shān山bàn半bì壁a significant portion of a territory
  • jiāng江shān山kě可gǎi改,,běn本xìng性nán难yí移Nature is hard to change
  • jiāng江shān山hǎo好gǎi改,,běn本xìng性nán难yí移It's hard to change one's nature
  • jiāng江shān山hǎo好gǎi改,,bǐng秉xìng性nán难yí移Old habits die hard

Questions about 江河日下

What does 江河日下 mean?
江河日下 (jiāng hé rì xià) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to go from bad to worse”.
How do you pronounce 江河日下?
江河日下 is pronounced jiāng hé rì xià in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 江河日下 literally mean?
Literally, 江河日下 means “rivers flow downward day by day”. It is used to mean “to go from bad to worse”.
What is the Chinese definition of 江河日下?
江河的水一天天地向下流。比喻情况一天天地坏下去。
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