"每況愈下" meaning in All languages combined

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Phrase [Chinese]

IPA: /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰu̯ɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ y⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /muːi̯¹³ fɔːŋ³³ jyː²² haː²²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰu̯ɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ y⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/, /muːi̯¹³ fɔːŋ³³ jyː²² haː²²/ Chinese transliterations: měikuàngyùxià [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄇㄟˇ ㄎㄨㄤˋ ㄩˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], mui⁵ fong³ jyu⁶ haa⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], měikuàngyùxià [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], měikuàngyùsià [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], mei³-kʻuang⁴-yü⁴-hsia⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], měi-kwàng-yù-syà [Mandarin, Yale], meeikuanqyuhshiah [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], мэйкуанъюйся [Mandarin, Palladius], mɛjkuanʺjujsja [Mandarin, Palladius], múih fong yuh hah [Cantonese, Yale], mui⁵ fong³ jy⁶ haa⁶ [Cantonese, Pinyin], mui⁵ fong³ yu⁶ ha⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization] Forms: 每况愈下
Etymology: Corrupted from 每下愈況/每下愈况 (měixiàyùkuàng) under folk etymology, reinterpreting 況/况 (kuàng) (originally meaning "more") as "condition; situation". Etymology templates: {{zh-l|每下愈況}} 每下愈況/每下愈况 (měixiàyùkuàng), {{zh-l|況}} 況/况 (kuàng) Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 每況愈下
  1. to jump out of the frying pan and into the fire; to go from bad to worse; to steadily deteriorate Tags: idiomatic
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      "zh-pron": "meeikuanqyuhshiah"
    },
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      "zh-pron": "мэйкуанъюйся"
    },
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      "zh-pron": "mɛjkuanʺjujsja"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰu̯ɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ y⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/",
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      "zh-pron": "múih fong yuh hah"
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      "zh-pron": "mui⁵ fong³ jy⁶ haa⁶"
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    },
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        "Wade-Giles"
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        "Yale"
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      "zh-pron": "měi-kwàng-yù-syà"
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      "zh-pron": "meeikuanqyuhshiah"
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      "zh-pron": "мэйкуанъюйся"
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      "zh-pron": "mɛjkuanʺjujsja"
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    {
      "ipa": "/meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰu̯ɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ y⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/",
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      "zh-pron": "mui⁵ fong³ jy⁶ haa⁶"
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      ]
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      "ipa": "/meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰu̯ɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ y⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/"
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