粵

一jat1蹶kyut3不bat1振zan3

jat1 kyut3 bat1 zan3yī jué bù zhèn

English

  1. one stumble, unable to rise (idiom); a setback leading to total collapse
  2. ruined at a stroke
  3. unable to recover after a minor hitch
  4. Become devastated and slump after experiencing a setback.(Literally, it means once a fall, somebody could not pick back up.)

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 字面解即係一跌倒就起唔返身。引伸做遇到一次挫折之後就唔振作、唔興旺、頹廢。

Examples

  • 自從個神射手轉會之後,成隊波就一蹶不振,成年都無拎過冠軍。

    Once the top scorer transferred to another football club, the whole team was devastated and they did not get any champion in the whole year.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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