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Chinese
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each; every
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moreover; situation
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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)
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每
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況
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愈
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下
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| simp. (每况愈下)
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每
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况
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愈
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下
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| anagram
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每下愈況／每下愈况
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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
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