摔倒 (shuāi dǎo) — to fall down, to trip and fall; to throw someone to the ground (in wrestling or combat)

Definition

摔倒 means to fall down — usually accidental (slipping, tripping), but in combat/wrestling it means to throw the opponent down. Split-able: 摔了一跤, 把对手摔倒.

verb
to fall downto trip and fallto throw someone to the ground (in wrestling or combat)

Examples

  • ，摔倒。
    Lù tài huá le, tā chà yì diǎn r shuāi dǎo.
    The road was so slippery that he almost fell down.
  • ，。
    Lǎo rén bù xiǎo xīn shuāi le yì jiāo, dǎo zài dì shàng.
    The old man accidentally took a fall and ended up on the ground.
  • 摔倒。
    Jiào liàn jiào tā rú hé bǎ duì shǒu shuāi dǎo.
    The coach taught him how to throw an opponent to the ground.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

摔shuāifall or throw
倒dǎofall down

摔 (throw or fall) plus 倒 (fall down) expresses the result of falling down.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
手手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
率
率lǜ摔shuāi
Same sound today

In 摔, the 手 part points to a hand action, and the 率 part supplies the sound.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
亻Written in full as人rén
Sound part声符shēngfú
到
到dào倒dào
Same sound today

倒 combines 亻 (person) with 到, which gives the sound.

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