坠落 (zhuì luò) — to fall (from a height), to drop (down)
Definition
坠落 is 'to fall (from a height), to plunge down' — typically sudden, uncontrolled falls of objects or people from high up, unlike 降落 (controlled landing/descent of aircraft or weather) or 跌 (a person stumbling/tumbling).
verb
to fall (from a height)to drop (down)
Examples
- 坠落。Yì kē liú xīng cóng tiān kōng zhuì luò.A meteor fell from the sky.
- 坠落。Tā bù xiǎo xīn cóng gāo chù zhuì luò shòu shāng le.He accidentally fell from a height and got injured.
- 坠落，。Dà lóu de bō li chuāng zhuì luò xià lái, zá huài le qì chē.The glass window of the building fell down and smashed the car.
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