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每況愈下

简每况愈下 · 繁每況愈下

Mandarin · pinyin měi kuàng yù xià

to steadily deteriorate

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每: měi · every, each
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愈: yù · more and more, even more
下: xià · under, underneath, below; down; inferior; bring down
况: kuàng · condition, situation; furthermore

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3–4–4–4 · mei3 kuang4 yu4 xia4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

mui5 fong3 jyu6 haa6

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(idiomatic) to jump out of the frying pan and into the fire; to go from bad to worse; to steadily deteriorate

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