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摔倒

shuāidǎo

to fall down

A person falling on the floor
Memory picture

Characters in this word

摔 shuāi

Strokes
14
Radical
扌 — hand
Made of
扌 hand 率 to command, to lead
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

倒 dǎo

Strokes
10
Radical
亻 — man, person
Made of
亻 man, person 到 to go to, to arrive
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 他摔倒了。 Tā shuāidǎo le. He fell down.
  • 别摔倒了。 Bié shuāidǎo le. Do not fall down.
  • 她在路上摔倒。 Tā zài lù shàng shuāidǎo. She falls down on the road.

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