堕 duò
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 土 — soil, earth
- Made of
- 陏 to accompany, to follow 土 soil, earth
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
堕落
duòluò
to degenerate; to become depraved; moral decline
Characters in this word
落 luò
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- Made of
- 艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 洛 a river in the Shanxi province
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 权力缺乏监督，少数干部就可能逐渐堕落，甚至触犯法律。 Quánlì quēfá jiāndū, shǎoshù gànbù jiù kěnéng zhújiàn duòluò, shènzhì chùfàn fǎlǜ. If power lacks oversight, a small number of officials may gradually become corrupt and even break the law.
- 他沉迷游戏，整天不工作，慢慢堕落了。 Tā chénmí yóuxì, zhěngtiān bù gōngzuò, mànmàn duòluò le. Addicted to games and not working all day, he gradually went downhill.
- 不想让自己堕落，就要每天读书、运动。 Bù xiǎng ràng zìjǐ duòluò, jiù yào měitiān dúshū, yùndòng. If you do not want to let yourself go downhill, read and exercise every day.
Related words
- 落后 luòhòu to fall behind
- 降落 jiàngluò to land
- 落 luò to fall; to set
- 落 là to leave out; to miss
- 落实 luòshí to carry out
- 角落 jiǎoluò corner
- 落地 luòdì to land
- 低落 dīluò low; downcast; depressed
- 丢三落四 diūsānlàsì forgetful; careless about details
- 段落 duànluò paragraph; section
- 光明磊落 guāngmínglěiluò open and aboveboard; upright
- 回落 huíluò to fall back; to drop after rising