禮崩樂壞

Chinese

		gift; propriety; rite	collapse; fall into ruins	music; happy; laugh music; happy; laugh; cheerful	bad; evil; rotten bad; evil; rotten; spoiled
trad. (禮崩樂壞)		禮	崩	樂	壞
simp. (礼崩乐坏)		礼	崩	乐	坏

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǐbēngyuèhuài

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˇ ㄅㄥㄩㄝˋ ㄏㄨㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lai⁵ bang¹ ngok⁶ waai⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: lǐbēngyuèhuài
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˇ ㄅㄥㄩㄝˋ ㄏㄨㄞˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liibengyuehhuay
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǐbengyuèhuài
  - IPA ^(key): /li²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pɤŋ⁵⁵ ɥɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ xwaɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: lai⁵ bang¹ ngok⁶ waai⁶
  - Yale: láih bāng ngohk waaih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lai⁵ bang¹ ngok⁹ waai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: lei⁵ beng¹ ngog⁶ wai⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /lɐi̯¹³ pɐŋ⁵⁵ ŋɔːk̚² wäːi̯²²/

Idiom

禮崩樂壞

(literally) feudal system collapses and rites and music deteriorate
(figuratively) social order and morals deteriorate

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