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丢三落四

diū sān là sì

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word Traditional 丟三落四

丢三落四 (diū sān là sì) means "forgetful; empty-headed". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 丢三落四 means

1. forgetful
2. empty-headed

The characters in 丢三落四

• 丢diūto lose; to put aside; to throw
• 三sānthree; 3
• 落luòto fall or drop; (of the sun) to set; (of a tide) to go out
• 四sìfour; 4

Where 丢三落四 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · dīng–dōng (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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