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墮

简堕 · 繁墮

Mandarin · pinyin duò

to fall; to sink
(fig.) to degenerate

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堕: duò · fall, sink, let fall; degenerate

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4 · duo4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

do6 · fai1

Cantonese word readings for 墮. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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to fall; to sink
to degenerate
(Cantonese) droopy; saggy
(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 惰 (duò)

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