每况愈下

měi kuàng yù xià

to go from bad to worse

Character by character

每měi
each

况kuàng
state

愈yù
more

下xià
down

自从换了厨师，这家店的菜每况愈下。

Since they changed chefs, the food here has gone downhill.

Tone: negative (criticism).

Originally 每下愈况 in 《庄子》 with another sense, but today it only means getting worse.

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