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脱落

tuō luò

2-character word Traditional 脫落

What 脱落 means

1. to drop off; to fall off; (of hair, teeth etc) to fall out
2. to omit (a character when writing)

The characters in 脱落

• 脱tuōto shed; to take off; to escape
• 落luòto fall or drop; (of the sun) to set; (of a tide) to go out

Example sentences

• 这颗钮扣脱落了。
  Zhè kē niǔ kòu tuōluò le.
  The button came off.
• 油漆从墙上脱落。
  The paint was coming off the wall.
• 你的一个按钮脱落了。
  Nǐ de yī gè ànniǔ tuōluò le.
  One of your buttons has come off.
• 墙上的纸渐渐脱落了。
  Qiáng shàng de zhǐ jiànjiàn tuōluò le.
  The paper was beginning to peel off the walls.
• 汤姆在院子栅栏上油漆脱落的地方又刷上了油漆。
  Tāngmǔ zài yuànzi zhàlán shàng yóuqī tuōluò de dìfang yòu shuā shàng le yóuqī.
  Tom painted the part of the fence where the paint had flaked off.