Go from bad to worse
The Chinese idiom is pronounced zh ú D à ngsh à f à n in pinyin. It means to forget to return with the waves, and it means to follow the time and customs, but not to return to the root. It comes from the preface to "Ci Bi".
The origin of Idioms
Zhang Ertian's preface to "Ci Fu" says: "although the bottle is mediocre, it's hard to get rid of it. If you go over the world and help the poor, there are enough signs."
Idiom usage
Used as an object or attribute; used in writing.
Go from bad to worse
tear a body limb from limb by five horses -- a form of death sentence in ancient times - wǔ mǎ fēn shī