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duò Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
duò | duo4
English translation
to fall
to degenerate
to drop, to fall, to sink; degenerate

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About duò

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

duò

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

earth

Etymology of duò

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

陏土

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

duò

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and duò represents the sound. Simplified form of duò .

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Example sentences using duò

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世界 shìjiè zài 人类 rénlèi 堕落 duòluò 之前 zhī qián běn shì kuài 福地 fú dì .

The world was a blessed place before the Fall.

最近 zuìjìn de 民意调查 mín yì diào chá 显示 xiǎnshì ,60% de rén 赞成 zànchéng zài 某些 mǒu xiē 情况 qíngkuàng xià 可以 kěyǐ 堕胎 duò tāi

Recent opinion polls show that 60 percent favor abortion under certain circumstances.

1766 Nián 他以堕落 duòluò de 享乐 xiǎng lè wéi yóu jiāng 那个 nà ge 村庄 cūn zhuāng 逐出 zhú chū 教会 jiāo huì

In 1766 he excommunicated the village for its "depraved diversion."

国王 guówáng de 立场 lìchǎng 必然 bìrán huì 再次 zài cì 引发 yǐn fā 关于 guānyú 堕胎 duò tāi de 令人 lìng rén 头痛 tóu tòng de 辩论 biànlùn

The King's stand is bound to reawaken the painful debate about abortion.

fǎn 堕胎 duò tāi zhě 所作 de 加强 jiā qiáng 法规 fǎ guī de 尝试 chángshì 失败 shībài le

An attempt by anti-abortionists to tighten the rules was defeated.

Words with duò

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
堕落 duòluò to degrade墮落
堕胎 duò tāi induced abortion墮胎
duò to fall duò
自甘堕落 zì gān duò luò to let oneself go自甘墮落
如堕五里雾中 rú duò wǔ lǐ wù zhōng in a fog如墮五里霧中

duò Decomposition & Compounds

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duò Decomposition

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