跌入

diērù

verb #23,404

Meanings

1 to fall into
2 to drop into
3 to plunge into (a state, place, or value)

Characters

to fall; to drop; to tumble

Examples

HSK 6

他一脚没踩稳，跌入了河中。

Tā yī jiǎo méi cǎi wěn, diērù le hé zhōng.

He missed his footing and fell into the river.

HSK 6

股价跌入历史新低。

Gǔjià diērù lìshǐ xīndī.

The stock price plunged to a historic low.

Tips

usage

跌入 combines 跌 (to fall, drop) and 入 (to enter, into). It is used both literally (falling into a pit or river) and figuratively (falling into depression, poverty, a record low). Compare 落入 (to fall into - often a trap or enemy's hands), which is more figurative.

Stroke Order

跌 diē

入 rù