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堕

墮
duò
verb #20,054

Meanings

  1. 1 to fall
  2. 2 to sink
  3. 3 to degenerate

Examples

他逐渐堕入了犯罪的深渊。
Tā zhújiàn duò rù le fànzuì de shēnyuān.
He gradually sank into the abyss of crime.
堕落是从小事开始的。
Duòluò shì cóng xiǎoshì kāishǐ de.
Moral decline starts with small things.

Tips

register
堕 is primarily classical and literary. In modern Chinese it mostly appears in compounds: 堕落 (to degenerate / moral decay), 堕胎 (abortion), 堕入 (to fall into). It is rarely used as a standalone verb in everyday speech.

Stroke Order

堕 duò