落井下石

luò jǐng xià shí

Rare

Definitions

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

down

a well

to leave out

colloquial reading for 落[luò] in certain compounds

to fall or drop

underground

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

rock