脱落 (tuō luò) — to fall off, to shed (hair, paint, leaves, teeth, etc.); to be omitted, to miss out (a character or passage when writing)
Definition
Two senses: 'fall/shed off' physically (leaves, hair, paint) and 'be omitted' in writing. For the writing sense, 脱落 and 落 (là) both mean 'to leave out', but 落 is the everyday verb; 脱落 sounds more formal/literary.
verb
to fall offto shed (hair, paint, leaves, teeth, etc.)to be omittedto miss out (a character or passage when writing)
Examples
- ，脱落。Qiū tiān dào le, shù yè kāi shǐ tuō luò.Autumn has arrived, and the leaves are starting to fall.
- ，脱落。Tā shuāi dǎo le, yì kē yá chǐ tuō luò le.He fell down and lost a tooth.
- 脱落。Zhè ge bǎn běn tuō luò le yí duàn huà.This version has a paragraph missing.
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