Chinese word dictionary

自甘堕落

zì gān duò luò · to abandon oneself (idiom); to let oneself go

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Word information

Simplified自甘堕落

Traditional自甘墮落

Pinyinzì gān duò luò

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

自zì

self; private, personal; from

甘gān

sweet, tasty; willing

堕duò

to drop, to fall, to sink; degenerate

落luò

to fall, to drop; surplus, net income

How to learn 自甘堕落

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Words with the same characters

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自己zìjǐ

oneself; (attributive) one's own

来自láizì

to come from (a place); From: (in email header)

自行车zìxíngchē

bicycle; bike; CL:輛|辆[liang4]

大自然dàzìrán

nature (the natural world)

降落jiàngluò

to descend; to land

落luò

to fall or drop; (of the sun) to set; (of a tide) to go out; to lower; to decline or sink; to lag or fall behind; to fall onto; to rest with; to get or receive; to write down; whereabouts; settlement