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坐落

zuò luò

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

坐落 (zuò luò) means "to be situated; to be located (of a building)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 坐落 means

1. to be situated
2. to be located (of a building)

The characters in 坐落

• 坐zuòto sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc)
• 落luòto fall or drop; (of the sun) to set; (of a tide) to go out

Example sentences

• 学校坐落于距离车站步行五分钟的地方。
  The school is located within five minutes' walk of the station.
• 公共汽车的停车站正好坐落在我的住所前面。
  Gōnggòngqìchē de tíngchēzhàn zhènghǎo zuòluò zài wǒ de zhùsuǒ qiánmiàn.
  The bus stop is located right outside where I live.
• 阳光明媚的地方，坐落着一座宜人的老农舍，紧邻一条深深的河流。从农舍一直到河边，长满了高大的牛蒡叶，最高的牛蒡叶下，可以让一个小孩站直身体。这地方如同茂密森林的中心，原始而静谧。一只鸭子栖息在这片幽静的角落，守候着雏鸟破壳而出。它开始感到有些疲惫，因为小家伙们迟迟不肯破壳而出，而她也很少遇到来访者。
  In a sunny spot stood a pleasant old farm-house close by a deep river, and from the house down to the water side grew great burdock leaves, so high, that under the tallest of them a little child could stand upright. The spot was as wild as the centre of a thick wood. In this snug retreat sat a duck on her nest, watching for her young brood to hatch; she was beginning to get tired of her task, for the little ones were a long time coming out of their shells, and she seldom had any visitors.

Sounds the same

Read zuò luò, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 座落variant of 坐落

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