to fall, to drop, to degenerate

Animated Stroke Order 堕

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Example Sentences

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1
yīn
ér
duò
luò

He degenerated due to gambling.

2
duò
le
shēn
shēn
de
jué
wàng

He fell into deep despair.

3
duò
tāi
shì
mǐn
gǎn
huà

Abortion is a sensitive topic.

4
zuì
jìn
hěn
duò
luò
zǒng
shì
wán
yóu
xué

He has been very degenerate recently, always playing games instead of studying.

5
ge
céng
jīng
de
hào
xué
shēng
yīn
wèi
jiāo
yǒu
shèn
zhú
jiàn
duò
luò
chéng
le
liáng
shào
nián

That once good student gradually degenerated into a delinquent youth due to bad company.

6
zài
de
yòu
huò
miàn
qián
méi
néng
shǒu
zhù
xiàn线
zuì
zhōng
duò
luò
dào
le
fàn
zuì
de
shēn
yuān

Faced with great temptation, he failed to hold the bottom line and eventually degenerated into the abyss of crime.

Information

Traditional
Radical
Strokes11
StructureTop-Bottom
Frequency#2130
Zhuyinㄉㄨㄛˋ
Components
UnicodeU+5815
CangjieNBG
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Cultural note

Traditional Chinese culture often connects characters and names with the Five Elements (Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water) and Yin–Yang, a system also used to describe personality tendencies.

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