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落地
Mandarin · pinyin luò dì
Meanings
- to fall to the ground; to be set on the ground; to reach to the ground
- (of a baby) to be born
- (of a plane) to land
- (fig.) to be implemented; to be put into practice
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4–4 · luo4 di4
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
lok6 dei6
Cantonese word readings for 落地. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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verb
- (verb-object) to fall to the ground
- (of an airplane) to land
- (figurative) to be born
- (figurative) to implement; to put into effect; to carry out
- (Eastern Min, without consonant assimilation, of a fire) to be put out
- (Cantonese, mahjong, of a player's tiles) to be revealed by being turned face up
adv
- (Eastern Min, with consonant assimilation) originally
verb
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) to fall to the ground
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