一落千丈
yī luò qiān zhàng
Meaning
- literally to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiom)
- figuratively (of business, popularity and so on) to suffer a sudden, devastating decline
- to take a dive
Example sentences
他因为早恋而分心，成绩一落千丈。
他因爲早戀而分心，成績一落千丈。
tā yīn wèi zǎo liàn ér fēn xīn， chéng jì yī luò qiān zhàng。
He was distracted by his early romantic relationship, and his grades plummeted.