堕落

墮落

duòluò

verb HSK 7-9 #4,699

Meanings

1 to degenerate; to become corrupt
2 to sink into depravity

Characters

to fall; to degrade

to fall; to drop; to decline

Both characters mean 'to fall,' reinforcing the idea of a downward moral spiral.

Examples

HSK 4

他交了坏朋友，渐渐堕落了。

Tā jiāo le huài péngyou, jiànjiàn duòluò le.

He made bad friends and gradually went downhill.

HSK 7-9

她不甘堕落，决心重新开始。

Tā bùgān duòluò, juéxīn chóngxīn kāishǐ.

She refused to keep sinking and resolved to start over.

Stroke Order

堕 duò

落 luò