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one stumble, unable to rise (idiom); a setback leading to total collapse · ruined at a stroke · unable to recover after a minor hitch

一蹶不振
yī jué bù zhèn
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Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
lit. defeated, the ground blanketed with bodies (idiom) · fig. to suffer a crushing defeat一败涂地yī bài tú dìimpoverished · destitute · hard · depressed (of business) · tattered · ragged凋敝diāo bìweakening and close to exhaustion (idiom); in terminal decline · on one's last legs再衰三竭zài shuāi sān jié(of a writer's style) forceful and flowing · (of a river) rush down a thousand li · flow down vigorously一泻千里yī xiè qiān lǐ
Antonyms
lit. to return to office after living as a hermit on Mount Dongshan (idiom); fig. to make a comeback东山再起dōng shān zài qǐlit. ashes burn once more (idiom); fig. sb lost returns to have influence · sth malevolent returns to haunt one死灰复燃sǐ huī fù rán
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