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堕落

duò luò
HSK 2.0 Level 6 HSK 3.0 Level 7 Verb Common

Definitions

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

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Word relationships

Antonyms

1 item
上进
shàng jìn

to make progress

积极向上，与堕落相对

Related words

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沉沦
chén lún

to sink into (vice, depravity etc)

陷入消极状态，与堕落相近

Synonyms

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腐败
fǔ bài

corruption

指思想或道德上的堕落
蜕化
tuì huà

(of insects) to undergo metamorphosis

变质、腐化堕落

Usage notes

Collocations

常用于“堕落成…”“自甘堕落”等结构，主语多指人，带贬义。

Common mistakes

“堕落”通常强调道德或精神上的下滑，而非物理掉落，勿与“掉落”混淆。

Words Containing 堕落

自甘堕落
zì gān duò luò

to abandon oneself (idiom)

Child Words of 堕落

落
là

to leave out

落
lào

colloquial reading for 落[luò] in certain compounds

落
luò

to fall or drop

堕
duò

to fall