落井下石

luò jǐng xià shí

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Definitions

  1. 1. to throw stones at sb who has fallen down a well (idiom)
  2. 2. to hit a person when he's down

Child Words of 落井下石

下
xià

down

井
jǐng

a well

落
là

to leave out

落
lào

colloquial reading for 落[luò] in certain compounds

落
luò

to fall or drop

井下
jǐng xià

underground

石
dàn

dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗[dǒu]; one hundred liters

石
shí

rock