duò luò

Traditional: 墮落

HSK 7–9

堕落 (duò luò) is a Chinese word meaning “to degrade; to degenerate; to become depraved”.

Meanings

  1. 1to degrade
  2. 2to degenerate
  3. 3to become depraved
  4. 4corrupt
  5. 5a fall from grace
Part of speech
verb

Characters in 堕落

堕duò · to fall; to sink落là · to leave out

Related words

部落tribe落to leave out落colloquial reading for 落[luo4] in certain compounds落to fall or drop降落to descend角落corner (of a room, courtyard etc)下落whereabouts落后to fall behind日落sundown失落to lose (sth)坠落to fall; to drop堕胎to induce an abortion

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