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堕 duò

to drop, to fall, to sink; degenerate

Strokes
11
Level
HSK 6
Radical
土
Traditional
墮
Type
Picto-phonetic
Made of 陏土 ⿱陏土

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  1. 他因为交友不慎而堕落了。
    Tā yīnwèi jiāoyǒu búshèn ér duòluò le.
    He became morally corrupt because of bad company.
    he because-of make-friend not-careful and degenerate (particle)
  2. 一个人怎么会变得如此堕落？
    Yí ge rén zěnme huì biàn de rúcǐ duòluò?
    How could a person become so degenerate?
    one (measure) person how will become (particle) so degenerate (question)
  3. 别让自己堕落下去。
    Bié ràng zìjǐ duòluò xiàqu.
    Don't let yourself keep degenerating.
    don't let self degenerate down-go
  4. 他并没有真正堕落，只是暂时迷失了方向。
    Tā bìng méiyǒu zhēnzhèng duòluò, zhǐshì zànshí míshīle fāngxiàng.
    He hasn't really degenerated, he's just temporarily lost his direction.
    he not (particle) not-have really degenerate, only-is temporarily lose (particle) direction
  5. 在那段失业的日子里，他一度堕落，天天喝酒。
    Zài nà duàn shīyè de rìzi lǐ, tā yídù duòluò, tiāntiān hējiǔ.
    During that period of unemployment, he once became degenerate, drinking every day.
    at that (measure) unemployment (particle) day inside, he once degenerate, every-day drink-alcohol

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