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| Pronunciation |
: |
diào |
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| Meaning |
: |
- fall. (v)
- fall behind. (v)
- lose. (v)
- reduce. (v)
- turn … round. (v)
- swap. (v)
- used after a verb indicating remove or leave. ()
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| Radical |
: |
扌 |
| Strokes |
: |
11 |
| Traditional |
: |
掉 |
| Usage |
: |
13.6% |
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Common Words / Phrases:
| 4. |
|
|
: |
throw away; cast away |
| 6. |
|
|
: |
get rid of sb.; kill |
| 7. |
|
|
: |
forget; dismiss from one’s mind |
Sentences:
| 1. The leaves are gradually falling from the trees. |
| shù |
yè |
fēn |
fēn |
cóng |
shù |
shàng |
diào |
xià |
lái |
。 |
| 树 |
叶 |
纷 |
纷 |
从 |
树 |
上 |
掉 |
下 |
来 |
。 |
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| 树 |
: |
tree |
| 叶 |
: |
leaves |
| 纷纷 |
: |
one after another; gradually |
| 从 |
: |
from |
| 树上 |
: |
on the tree |
| 掉 |
: |
fall |
| 下来 |
: |
down |
|
| 2. I’ve lost a button off my shirt. |
| wǒ |
de |
shàng |
yī |
diào |
le |
yí |
gè |
kòu |
zi |
。 |
| 我 |
的 |
上 |
衣 |
掉 |
了 |
一 |
个 |
扣 |
子 |
。 |
|
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|
|
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| 我的 |
: |
my |
| 上衣 |
: |
shirt |
| 掉 |
: |
lose |
| 了 |
: |
(particle) used after an action that has taken place |
| 一 |
: |
one |
| 个 |
: |
measure word |
| 扣子 |
: |
button |
|
| 3. Pour away the dirty water. |
| bǎ |
zāng |
shuǐ |
dǎo |
diào |
。 |
| 把 |
脏 |
水 |
倒 |
掉 |
。 |
|
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|
| 把 |
: |
used to shift the object to before the verb, which must be accompanied by some other expression. |
| 脏 |
: |
dirty |
| 水 |
: |
water |
| 倒 |
: |
pour |
| 掉 |
: |
used after a verb indicating remove or leave |
| 倒掉 |
: |
pour away |
|
| 4. Let’s try and forget this whole mess. |
| wàng |
diào |
nà |
xiē |
bú |
shùn |
xīn |
de |
shì |
。 |
| 忘 |
掉 |
那 |
些 |
不 |
顺 |
心 |
的 |
事 |
。 |
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| 忘 |
: |
forget |
| 掉 |
: |
used after a verb indicating remove or leave |
| 那些 |
: |
those |
| 不 |
: |
not |
| 顺心 |
: |
satisfactory |
| 的 |
: |
(particle) used after an attribute; to |
| 事 |
: |
thing, matter |
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