撂下 (liào xià) — to put down, set down; to leave behind, abandon

Definition

撂下 (liāo) means to put or throw something down, often carelessly or decisively — or to leave/abandon a job, place, or person. The 把-construction example (把书包撂下) shows its typical action of dropping something abruptly.

verb
to put downset downto leave behindabandon

Examples

  • 撂下。
    Tā bǎ shū bāo liào xià jiù zǒu le.
    He put down his bag and left.
  • 撂下，。
    Tā liào xià gōng zuò, qù lǚ xíng le.
    He left his work behind and went traveling.
  • ，。
    Zhè me duō xíng li, yí gè rén gēn běn liào bú xià.
    With so much luggage, one person simply cannot put it all down.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

撂liàoput
下xiàdown

撂 means put or throw and 下 indicates downward direction, giving the sense of putting something down.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

下 is drawn as a short horizontal line below a long curved line.

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