跌宕
diē dàng
Pinyin

Definition

跌宕
 - 
diē dàng
  1. uninhibited
  2. free and unconstrained
  3. rhythmical

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

跌
diē
  1. 1 to fall
  2. 2 to tumble
  3. 3 to trip
  4. 4 (of prices etc) to drop
  5. 5 Taiwan pr. [dié]
跌倒
diē dǎo
  1. 1 to tumble
  2. 2 to fall
  3. 3 fig. to suffer a reverse (in politics or business)
下跌
xià diē
  1. 1 to fall
  2. 2 to tumble
暴跌
bào diē
  1. 1 (economics) to slump
  2. 2 steep fall (in value etc)
跌宕
diē dàng
  1. 1 uninhibited
  2. 2 free and unconstrained
  3. 3 rhythmical

Idioms (2)

跌脚捶胸
diē jiǎo chuí xiōng
  1. 1 lit. stamping and beating the chest (idiom); fig. angry or stressed about sth
跌至谷底
diē zhì gǔ dǐ
  1. 1 to hit rock bottom (idiom)

Sample Sentences

没错，高考不是一劳永逸，人生路上的各样境遇可远比高考跌宕起伏得多。
méicuò ，gāokǎo bùshì yīláoyǒngyì ，rénshēng lù shàng de gè yàng jìngyù kě yuǎn bǐ gāokǎo diēdàng qǐfú de duō 。
That's right, the college entrance exam sets you up for life with just a brief period of struggle. There are a lot more ups and downs with the circumstances you meet in the course of a lifetime.
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