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坠 zhuì

to fall; to drop

Strokes
7
Level
HSK 6
Radical
土
Traditional
墜
Type
Picto-phonetic
Made of 队土 ⿱队土

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  1. 一颗流星从天空坠落。
    Yì kē liúxīng cóng tiānkōng zhuìluò.
    A shooting star fell from the sky.
    one (measure) shooting-star from sky fall
  2. 他不小心从楼梯上坠落了。
    Tā bù xiǎoxīn cóng lóutī shàng zhuìluò le.
    He accidentally fell from the stairs.
    he not careful from stairs on fall (particle)
  3. 飞机为什么会突然坠毁？
    Fēijī wèishénme huì tūrán zhuìhuǐ?
    Why would a plane suddenly crash?
    airplane why can suddenly crash (question)
  4. 幸好他没有从高处坠落，只是受了点轻伤。
    Xìnghǎo tā méiyǒu cóng gāochù zhuìluò, zhǐshì shòu le diǎn qīngshāng.
    Luckily he didn't fall from a height, he only suffered a minor injury.
    luckily he not-have from high-place fall, only-is suffer (particle) a-bit light-injury
  5. 深夜，一架飞机在山区坠毁，机上人员全部遇难。
    Shēnyè, yí jià fēijī zài shānqū zhuìhuǐ, jī shàng rényuán quánbù yùnàn.
    Late at night, a plane crashed in a mountainous area, and everyone aboard died.
    deep-night, one (measure) airplane at mountain-area crash, plane on personnel all die-in-disaster

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