掉
Meaning
- to fall
- to drop
- to lag behind
Example sentence
把它吃掉。
Eat it.
The character 掉
掉 is 扌, a hand, beside 卓: to drop or to fall. Fixed after a verb it says the thing is gone for good — 忘掉 to forget entirely, 扔掉 to throw out, 卖掉 sold off.
把它吃掉。
Eat it.
掉 is 扌, a hand, beside 卓: to drop or to fall. Fixed after a verb it says the thing is gone for good — 忘掉 to forget entirely, 扔掉 to throw out, 卖掉 sold off.