一蹶不振

yījué-bùzhèn

idiom #19,331

Meanings

HSK 4

他失业以后就一蹶不振了。

Tā shīyè yǐhòu jiù yījué-bùzhèn le.

After losing his job, he never recovered.

HSK 6

公司经历了那次危机后一蹶不振。

Gōngsī jīnglì le nà cì wēijī hòu yījué-bùzhèn.

The company went into irreversible decline after that crisis.

memory

蹶 means 'to stumble/fall,' 振 means 'to rise/rally.' One stumble and you can't rise again - a vivid image of total collapse from a single setback.

一 yī

蹶 jué

不 bù

振 zhèn