凋零
diāo líng
Pinyin

Definition

凋零
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diāo líng
  1. withered
  2. wilted
  3. to wither
  4. to fade
  5. to decay

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

líng
  1. 1 zero
  2. 2 nought
  3. 3 zero sign
  4. 4 fractional
  5. 5 fragmentary
  6. 6 odd (of numbers)
  7. 7 (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one)
  8. 8 fraction
  9. 9 (in mathematics) remainder (after division)
  10. 10 extra
  11. 11 to wither and fall
  12. 12 to wither
líng xià
  1. 1 below zero
líng shí
  1. 1 between-meal nibbles
  2. 2 snacks
diāo xiè
  1. 1 to wither
  2. 2 to wilt
  3. 3 wizened
diāo líng
  1. 1 withered
  2. 2 wilted
  3. 3 to wither
  4. 4 to fade
  5. 5 to decay

Idioms (8)

七零八落
qī líng bā luò
  1. 1 (idiom) everything broken and in disorder
化整为零
huà zhěng wéi líng
  1. 1 to break up the whole into pieces (idiom); dealing with things one by one
  2. 2 divide and conquer
四海飘零
sì hǎi piāo líng
  1. 1 drifting aimlessly all over the place (idiom)
感激涕零
gǎn jī tì líng
  1. 1 to shed tears of gratitude (idiom); moved to tears
民生凋敝
mín shēng diāo bì
  1. 1 the people's livelihood is reduced to destitution (idiom); a time of famine and impoverishment