堕入

墮入

duòrù

verb #17,745

Meanings

1 to fall into
2 to sink into (a negative state)

Characters

to fall; to degenerate

Examples

HSK 5

不要堕入绝望之中。

Bùyào duòrù juéwàng zhīzhōng.

Don't sink into despair.

HSK 7-9

他堕入了犯罪的深渊。

Tā duòrù le fànzuì de shēnyuān.

He fell into the abyss of crime.

Tips

usage

堕入 carries a strong literary/negative connotation - it always implies falling into something bad. Common collocations: 堕入深渊, 堕入地狱, 堕入黑暗.

Stroke Order

堕 duò

入 rù