落井下石

luò jǐng xià shí

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

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Child Words of 落井下石

• 下 下 xià: down
• 井 井 jǐng: a well
• 落 落 là: to leave out
• 落 落 lào: colloquial reading for 落[luò] in certain compounds
• 落 落 luò: to fall or drop
• 井下 井下 jǐng xià: underground
• 石 石 dàn: dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗[dǒu]; one hundred liters
• 石 石 shí: rock