Throw it away.
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掉
diào
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diào · diu6 (Jyutping)
- to fall
- to drop
- to lag behind
- to lose
- to go missing
- to reduce
- fall (in prices)
- to lose (value, weight etc)
- to wag
- to swing
- to turn
- to change
- to exchange
- to swap
- to show off
- to shed (hair)
- (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc)
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Character breakdown
掉
- Meaning
- turn, move; shake, wag; drop down
- Radical
- 扌
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- ⿰扌卓
- Cangjie
- QYAJ
- Four-corner
- 5104.6
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Example sentences
Turn it off.
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