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落水

luò shuǐ
Uncommon

Definitions

  1. 1. to fall into water
  2. 2. to sink
  3. 3. overboard
  4. 4. fig. to degenerate
  5. 5. to sink (into depravity)
  6. 6. to go to the dogs

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Example Sentences

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他见义勇为，救起了 落水 儿童。
He acted bravely for a just cause and rescued the drowning child.

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Words Containing 落水

打落水狗
dǎ luò shuǐ gǒu

lit. to beat a drowning dog (idiom)

落水狗上岸
luò shuǐ gǒu shàng àn

like a dog who fell in the river and climbs out—shaking all over

落水管
luò shuǐ guǎn

drainpipe

Child Words of 落水

水
shuǐ

water

落
là

to leave out

落
lào

colloquial reading for 落[luò] in certain compounds

落
luò

to fall or drop