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    Chinese Grammar

    Expressing falling or plummeting with 坠落 (zhuìluò)

    Actions & Events
    Direction & Movement

    Structure

    Subject + 坠落

    Explanation

    坠落 (zhuìluò) means "to fall" or "to plummet." It describes a dramatic, often uncontrolled descent from a height, and is more literary or dramatic than the everyday word 掉.

    Examples

    • 一架无人机从高空坠落,砸在了空地上。

      Yī jià wúrénjī cóng gāokōng zhuìluò, zá zài le kōngdì shàng.

      A drone fell from high altitude and crashed onto an open area.

    • 那片树叶从枝头缓缓坠落到地面。

      Nà piàn shùyè cóng zhītóu huǎnhuǎn zhuìluò dào dìmiàn.

      That leaf slowly fell from the branch to the ground.

    • 飞机引擎失灵后,迅速向海面坠落。

      Fēijī yǐnqíng shīlíng hòu, xùnsù xiàng hǎimiàn zhuìluò.

      After the plane's engine failed, it rapidly plunged toward the sea.

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