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

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.

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