堕落 meaning in English

duòluò

to degrade; to degenerate

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 墮落23 strokes

Meaning of 堕落

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

duòluò
  1. to degrade
  2. to degenerate
  3. to become depraved
  4. corrupt
  5. a fall from grace

堕落 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

你nǐ不bú要yào自zì甘gān堕duò落luò。
You don't have to kick yourself.
我wǒ在zài堕duò落luò!
I'm degenerating!

Stroke order for each character

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堕 duò · to drop · 11 strokes

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落 luò · to fall or drop · 12 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 堕落.

落后luòhòuto fall behind; to lag (in technology etc)
降落jiàngluòto descend; to land
落实luòshípractical; workable
角落jiǎoluòcorner (of a room, courtyard etc); (fig.) remote spot; nook
落下luòxiato fall; to drop
下落xiàluòwhereabouts; to drop
失落shīluòto lose (sth); to drop (sth)
落地luòdìto fall to the ground; to be set on the ground; to reach to the ground; (of a baby) to be
脱落tuōluòto drop off; to fall off; (of hair, teeth etc) to fall out; to omit (a character when writ
水落石出shuǐluò-shíchū(lit.) as the water recedes, the rocks appear (idiom); (fig.) the truth comes to light
冷落lěngluòdesolate; unfrequented
没落mòluòto decline; to wane

Questions about 堕落

What does 堕落 mean?

堕落 (duòluò) means "to degrade; to degenerate" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 堕落?

堕落 is made of 2 characters: 堕 (11 strokes), 落 (12 strokes). That is 23 strokes in total.

Is 堕落 an HSK word?

Yes. 堕落 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 堕落 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 堕落 is written 墮落.