跌跌不休

Chinese
to drop; to fall; to tumble to drop; to fall; to tumble endlessly, ceaselessly, incessantly
simp. and trad.
(跌跌不休)		 跌 跌 不休

Etymology

Near-homophone transformation of 喋喋不休 (diédié bùxiū).

Pronunciation
  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): diē diē bùxiū, dié dié bùxiū
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄝ ㄉㄧㄝ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄡ, ㄉㄧㄝˊ ㄉㄧㄝˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄡ

Verb

跌跌不休

  1. (neologism) (usually of price) decrease incessantly
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