倒下

dǎoxià

verb HSK 7 #4,263

Meanings

1 to fall down
2 to collapse
3 to be struck down

Characters

to fall; to topple

Examples

战士们一个接一个地倒下了。

Zhànshìmen yī gè jiē yī gè de dǎoxià le.

The soldiers fell one after another.

他累得倒下就睡着了。

Tā lèi de dǎoxià jiù shuìzháo le.

He was so exhausted that he collapsed and fell asleep.

Tips

usage

倒下 can be literal (physically fall down) or figurative (be defeated, fall ill, die in battle). It's more dramatic and literary than simple 摔倒.

Stroke Order

倒 dào

下 xià