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一蹶不振
yī jué bù zhèn
What 一蹶不振 means
- one stumble, unable to rise (idiom); a setback leading to total collapse
- ruined at a stroke
- unable to recover after a minor hitch
The characters in 一蹶不振
- 一yīone; single; a (article)
- 蹶juéto stumble; to trample; to kick (of horse)
- 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
- 振zhènto shake; to flap; to vibrate
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