堕落 duòluò▶ Thoái hóa

Stroke order

堕落 is written in 23 strokes across 2 characters.

• 堕 — 11 strokes
• 落 — 12 strokes

Senses

1. to degrade
2. to degenerate
3. to become depraved
4. corrupt
5. a fall from grace

Related words

• 冷落thờ ơ; lãnh đạm
• 落实đưa vào thực hiện
• 落成Sự hoàn thành
• 角落góc
• 丢三落四Bỏ lỡ cái này cái kia
• 落后lạc hậu, tụt lại phía sau

堕落 is pronounced duòluò and means “Thoái hóa”. HSK 6 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 堕落 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.