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Here, we present the idiom 「世風日下」. Below, you’ll find its explanation and examples of usage.

It means that the social atmosphere is getting worse day by day.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

shì fēng rì xià

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

sai3 fung1 yat6 ha6

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