墬Tone 4

dì ｜ 14 strokes ｜ radical:

墬 · dì

To fall;

to drop;

to descend;

to decline;

to deteriorate;

to perish;

to die.

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Usage highlights

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Synonyms

墜— to fall; to drop
落— to fall; to drop
降— to descend; to fall

Antonyms

升— to rise; to ascend
起— to rise; to get up
漲— to rise; to increase

Usage & contexts

Examples

The leaves fall in autumn (墬叶).
The company's profits continue to decline (墬落).
The meteor fell to Earth (墬落地球).
His health deteriorated rapidly (健康墬落).

Collocations

to fall(墬落)
to decline(墬下)
to deteriorate(墬退)
to perish(墬亡)
to drop(墬下)
to descend(墬降)

Idioms

To fall into decline(墬落不振)
To fall from grace(墬落失宠)
To perish and be destroyed(墬亡毁灭)
To fall into a trap(墬入陷阱)

Cultural background

墬 is an archaic variant of 墜 (zhuì), meaning 'to fall' or 'to drop'.
The character is rarely used in modern Chinese, having been largely replaced by 墜.
It may appear in historical texts or classical literature.

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