丢掉 (diū diào) — to lose (something, e.g. keys, a job); to throw away, to discard
Definition
A separable verb covering both 'to lose' and 'to throw away.' Tone and context pick the sense: with 把, it usually means losing; with 可以/该, it means discarding.
verb
to lose (something, e.g. keys, a job)to throw awayto discard
Examples
- 丢掉。Wǒ bù xiǎo xīn bǎ yào shi diū diào le.I accidentally lost my keys.
- 丢掉。Zhè xiē jiù yī fu kě yǐ diū diào le.These old clothes can be thrown away.
- 丢掉。Tā yīn wèi chí dào diū diào le gōng zuò.He lost his job because of being late.
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