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一蹶不振

yìjué-búzhèn
idiom #19,331

Meanings

  1. 1 to suffer a setback and never recover
  2. 2 unable to bounce back after a fall
  3. 3 to go downhill after a single failure

Examples

HSK 5
他失业以后就一蹶不振了。
Tā shīyè yǐhòu jiù yìjué-búzhèn 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 yìjué-búzhèn.
The company went into irreversible decline after that crisis.

Tips

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.

Stroke Order

一 yī
蹶 jué
不 bù
振 zhèn