Tom stumbled back home.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
跌跌撞撞
to stagger along
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to stagger along
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 跌跌撞撞 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 跌跌撞撞 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
The newborn giraffe stumbled around on rickety legs.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 跌跌撞撞.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 跌跌撞撞.
Directly before
- 著腿跌跌撞撞1
- 汤姆跌跌撞撞1
Directly after
- 跌跌撞撞地2
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 跌跌撞撞
What does 跌跌撞撞 mean in Chinese?
跌跌撞撞 (diēdiezhuàngzhuàng) means to stagger along.
How do you pronounce 跌跌撞撞?
跌跌撞撞 is pronounced diēdiezhuàngzhuàng.
Is 跌跌撞撞 an HSK word?
跌跌撞撞 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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