Learn to Write Chinese Characters with Video Tutorials
Watch the video of writing the Chinese character "墮", learn the correct stroke order (笔顺) of the character "墮", and master the standard way of writing the character "墮".
Free Printable Handwriting Practice with Stroke Order: 墮
Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "墮" in Portrait Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
墮 (duò)
1. To fall; to drop.
- Example: 獲馬身亡。 (The horse fell and died.)
- Example: 墮入深淵。 (Fell into the abyss.)
2. In ancient times, it was interchangeable with "惰", meaning to be slack or lazy.
- Example: 假借为“惰”。懒散;懈怠 ([En.] sluggish)
3. (Verb) To destroy; to wreck; synonymous with "隳".
- Example: 破坏、毁坏。同「隳」。 (To destroy; to wreck; the same as '隳'.)
- Example in literature: 「故接兵覆众,伐国堕城,常坐而役敌国,此圣人之兵也。」
(Thus, to gain victory over many troops, to attack the country destroying its cities, and to commonly serve in the enemy's countries, this is how a sage conducts warfare.)
4. To detach or come off.
- Example: 如:墮齿;墮角;墮指(冻掉手指);墮颠(脱发秃顶) (e.g., loss of teeth; loss of horns; loss of fingers due to frostbite; baldness.)
5. (Adjective) Used as "惰". Lazy; sluggish.
- Example: 假借为“惰”。懒散;懈怠 ([En.] sluggish)
- Example in literature: 「臣下墮而不忠,则卑辱困穷。」
(If the officials are lazy and disloyal, they will be humiliated and suffer.)
6. Additional meanings include the ancient synonym for "隳", meaning to destroy.
- Example: 破坏、毁坏。同「隳」。 (Destruction; damage; synonymous with '隳'.)