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衰落

shuāi luò

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

衰落 (shuāi luò) means "to fall; to drop; to decline". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 衰落 means

1. to fall
2. to drop
3. to decline
4. to deteriorate
5. to go downhill

The characters in 衰落

• 衰shuāi(bound form) to decay; to decline; to wane
• 落luòto fall or drop; (of the sun) to set; (of a tide) to go out

Example sentences

• 他的威信日渐衰落。
  His prestige is fading.
• 他们其中的 75 ％ 以上都担心技术导致传统法语的衰落。
  More than 75% of them fear that technology impoverishes the traditional French language.

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shuāi luò correctly.
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