掉球
diào qiú
Pinyin

Definition

掉球
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diào qiú
  1. drop shot (in volleyball, tennis etc)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

全球
quán qiú
  1. 1 entire
  2. 2 total
  3. 3 global
  4. 4 the (whole) world
  5. 5 worldwide
吃掉
chī diào
  1. 1 to eat up
  2. 2 to consume
地球
dì qiú
  1. 1 the earth
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
掉
diào
  1. 1 to fall
  2. 2 to drop
  3. 3 to lag behind
  4. 4 to lose
  5. 5 to go missing
  6. 6 to reduce
  7. 7 fall (in prices)
  8. 8 to lose (value, weight etc)
  9. 9 to wag
  10. 10 to swing
  11. 11 to turn
  12. 12 to change
  13. 13 to exchange
  14. 14 to swap
  15. 15 to show off
  16. 16 to shed (hair)
  17. 17 (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc)
星球
xīng qiú
  1. 1 celestial body (e.g. planet, satellite etc)
  2. 2 heavenly body
球
qiú
  1. 1 ball
  2. 2 sphere
  3. 3 globe
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
  5. 5 ball game
  6. 6 match
  7. 7 CL:場|场[chǎng]
篮球
lán qiú
  1. 1 basketball
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè],隻|只[zhī]
足球
zú qiú
  1. 1 soccer ball
  2. 2 a football
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
  4. 4 soccer
  5. 5 football
丢掉
diū diào
  1. 1 to lose
  2. 2 to throw away
  3. 3 to discard
  4. 4 to cast away
乒乓球
pīng pāng qiú
  1. 1 table tennis
  2. 2 ping-pong
  3. 3 table tennis ball
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
保龄球
bǎo líng qiú
  1. 1 ten-pin bowling (loanword)
  2. 2 bowling ball
传球
chuán qiú
  1. 1 pass (in soccer)
  2. 2 to feed (ball)
全球通
quán qiú tōng
  1. 1 Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) (telecommunications)
删掉
shān diào
  1. 1 to delete
剪掉
jiǎn diào
  1. 1 to cut off
  2. 2 to cut away
  3. 3 to trim
去掉
qù diào
  1. 1 to get rid of
  2. 2 to exclude
  3. 3 to eliminate
  4. 4 to remove
  5. 5 to delete
  6. 6 to strip out
  7. 7 to extract
台球
tái qiú
  1. 1 billiards
喝掉
hē diào
  1. 1 to drink up
  2. 2 to finish (a drink)
坏掉
huài diào
  1. 1 spoilt
  2. 2 ruined
失掉
shī diào
  1. 1 to lose
  2. 2 to miss

Idioms (4)

天上不会掉馅饼
tiān shàng bù huì diào xiàn bǐng
  1. 1 there is no such thing as a free lunch (idiom)
天上掉馅饼
tiān shàng diào xiàn bǐng
  1. 1 a meat pie falls from the sky (idiom)
  2. 2 to have something fall into your lap
尾大不掉
wěi dà bù diào
  1. 1 large tail obstructs action (idiom); bottom heavy
  2. 2 fig. rendered ineffective by subordinates
掉书袋
diào shū dài
  1. 1 lit. to wave around one's bookbag (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to show off one's erudition
  3. 3 a person who does so

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