family fortunes decline; fall into reduced circumstances
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
(of a family) to decline from prosperity to poverty; to fall into reduced circumstances
Typically used in the context of family fortunes or household circumstances declining from a previously prosperous state. Commonly appears in the set phrase 家道中落.
Yóu由
yú于
jīng经
yíng营
bù不
shàn善
，
tā他
de的
jiā家
dào道
zhōng中
luò落
le了
。
Due to poor management, his family fortunes declined.
Zhè这
ge个
jiā家
zú族
cóng从
dì第
sān三
dài代
kāi开
shǐ始
zhōng中
luò落
。
This family began to decline starting from the third generation.
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Xī昔
rì日
fán繁
huá华
de的
tíng庭
yuàn院
rú如
jīn今
zǎo早
yǐ已
zhōng中
luò落
。
The once prosperous courtyard has long since fallen into decline.