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Home / Idiom / 每况愈下

to steadily deteriorate

每况愈下
měi kuàng yù xià
Idiom
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His condition got worse every day.
他的身体状况每况愈下。
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
rivers pour away by the day (idiom); going from bad to worse · deteriorating day by day江河日下jiāng hé rì xiàsunset, the end of the road (idiom); in terminal decline · at a dead end日暮途穷rì mù tú qióngimpoverished · destitute · hard · depressed (of business) · tattered · ragged凋敝diāo bìlit. to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiom) · fig. (of business, popularity etc) to suffer a sudden, devastating decline · to take a dive一落千丈yī luò qiān zhàngpublic morals are degenerating with each passing day (idiom)世风日下shì fēng rì xiàgoing from there to lower grades (idiom)等而下之děng ér xià zhī
Antonyms
(idiom) flourishing · thriving欣欣向荣xīn xīn xiàng róngbecoming more prosperous with each passing day蒸蒸日上zhēng zhēng rì shàng