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摔

Mandarin · pinyin shuāi

to throw down
to fall
to drop and break

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摔: shuāi · fall to the ground; stumble, trip

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character · Etymology 1

to stumble; to lose one's balance; to fall
to plunge; to fall
to cause to fall and break
to fling; to cast; to throw
to beat; to knock; to thresh (to remove anything attached)
(Hokkien) to eat quickly
(Hokkien) to whip; to flog (with a whip, rod, etc.)
(Hokkien) whip; whisk
(Hokkien) to glance quickly
(Quanzhou, Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) to quickly shoot

character · Etymology 2

(Hokkien) to throw down forcefully on the ground

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