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

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.

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

Stroke Order

跌 diē

入 rù