滑坡

Mandarin · pinyin huá pō

Meanings

  1. rockslide
  2. landslip
  3. landslide
  4. mudslide
  5. fig. slump
  6. downturn
  7. to decline
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滑
huá · slip, slide; slippery, polished
坡
pō · slope, bank, hillside
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2–1 · hua2 po1

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waat6 bo1

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noun

  1. landslip; landslide; mudslide

verb

  1. (figuratively, chiefly Mainland China) to decline; to go downhill; to be on the wane

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