"每下愈況" meaning in Chinese

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    {
      "english": "They remind me of the questions addressed by the superintendents of the market to the inspector about examining the value of a pig by treading on it, and testing its weight as the foot descends lower and lower on the body.",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Classical Chinese",
        "Traditional Chinese"
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      "ref": " Zhuangzi, circa 3ʳᵈ – 2ⁿᵈ centuries BCE",
      "roman": "Zhèng huò zhī wèn yú jiān shì lǚ xī yě, měi xià yù kuàng.",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "text": "正獲之問於監市履豨也，每下愈況。",
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    },
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      "english": "They remind me of the questions addressed by the superintendents of the market to the inspector about examining the value of a pig by treading on it, and testing its weight as the foot descends lower and lower on the body.",
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      "ref": " Zhuangzi, circa 3ʳᵈ – 2ⁿᵈ centuries BCE",
      "roman": "Zhèng huò zhī wèn yú jiān shì lǚ xī yě, měi xià yù kuàng.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "正获之问于监市履豨也，每下愈况。",
      "type": "quote"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Zhuangzi",
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    {
      "form": "每下愈况",
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      "glosses": [
        "looking further down for details will improve one's understanding of the situation"
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          "down",
          "down"
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          "detail",
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          "improve",
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          "word": "每況愈下"
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          "word": "每况愈下"
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        "(now more common, often considered nonstandard) Alternative form of 每況愈下／每况愈下 (měikuàngyùxià)"
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "měixiàyùkuàng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄇㄟˇ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄩˋ ㄎㄨㄤˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mui⁵ haa⁶ jyu⁶ fong³"
    },
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        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
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      "zh-pron": "měixiàyùkuàng"
    },
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "měisiàyùkuàng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mei³-hsia⁴-yü⁴-kʻuang⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "měi-syà-yù-kwàng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "meeishiahyuhkuanq"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "мэйсяюйкуан"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mɛjsjajujkuan"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ y⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰu̯ɑŋ⁵¹/",
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        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "múih hah yuh fong"
    },
    {
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        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mui⁵ haa⁶ jy⁶ fong³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mui⁵ ha⁶ yu⁶ fong³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/muːi̯¹³ haː²² jyː²² fɔːŋ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ y⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰu̯ɑŋ⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/muːi̯¹³ haː²² jyː²² fɔːŋ³³/"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Zhuangzi (book)"
  ],
  "word": "每下愈況"
}

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    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese idioms",
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    "Chinese terms spelled with 下",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 愈",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 每",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 況",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
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    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
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    {
      "english": "They remind me of the questions addressed by the superintendents of the market to the inspector about examining the value of a pig by treading on it, and testing its weight as the foot descends lower and lower on the body.",
      "raw_tags": [
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      "ref": " Zhuangzi, circa 3ʳᵈ – 2ⁿᵈ centuries BCE",
      "roman": "Zhèng huò zhī wèn yú jiān shì lǚ xī yě, měi xià yù kuàng.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "正獲之問於監市履豨也，每下愈況。",
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      "roman": "Zhèng huò zhī wèn yú jiān shì lǚ xī yě, měi xià yù kuàng.",
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      "text": "正获之问于监市履豨也，每下愈况。",
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        "looking further down for details will improve one's understanding of the situation"
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        "(original meaning) looking further down for details will improve one's understanding of the situation"
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          "extra": "měikuàngyùxià",
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        "(now more common, often considered nonstandard) Alternative form of 每況愈下／每况愈下 (měikuàngyùxià)"
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄇㄟˇ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄩˋ ㄎㄨㄤˋ"
    },
    {
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        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
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        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
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      "zh-pron": "měisiàyùkuàng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
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      "zh-pron": "mei³-hsia⁴-yü⁴-kʻuang⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "měi-syà-yù-kwàng"
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        "Mandarin"
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      "zh-pron": "meeishiahyuhkuanq"
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        "Palladius"
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      "zh-pron": "мэйсяюйкуан"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mɛjsjajujkuan"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ y⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰu̯ɑŋ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
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      "zh-pron": "múih hah yuh fong"
    },
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        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mui⁵ haa⁶ jy⁶ fong³"
    },
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mui⁵ ha⁶ yu⁶ fong³"
    },
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        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/muːi̯¹³ haː²² jyː²² fɔːŋ³³/"
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  ],
  "word": "每下愈況"
}

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