fall into decay
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Hu ā C á NYU è Qu ē, which means to describe the scene of decline. It's also a metaphor for a broken relationship and a divorce. It comes from the poem "he Wang Xiucai hurts geisha" by Wen Tingyun of Tang Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
Wen Tingyun's poem "he Wang Xiucai's injury to geisha" in Tang Dynasty: "the moon is short and the flowers are incomplete. Don't be pathetic. The flower's whiskers will finally come out and the moon will be round."
Idiom usage
It is a metaphor for the broken relationship between husband and wife. The third discount of Ren Fengzi by Ma Zhiyuan in Yuan Dynasty
Analysis of Idioms
The antonym: happy and full moon
fall into decay
it is better to leave a deficiency uncovered than to have it covered without discretion - nìng quē wù làn
oral teaching that inspires true understanding within - kǒu chuán xīn shòu
a tune of music with a fast tempo - fán xián jí guǎn
an arrogant army tends to be destroyed - bīng qiáng zé miè
shrink from no difficulty or danger - bù bì jiān xiǎn