跌宕
diē dàng
Pinyin

Definition

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

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

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]
diē dǎo
  1. 1 to tumble
  2. 2 to fall
  3. 3 fig. to suffer a reverse (in politics or business)
xià diē
  1. 1 to fall
  2. 2 to tumble
bào diē
  1. 1 (economics) to slump
  2. 2 steep fall (in value etc)
diē dàng
  1. 1 uninhibited
  2. 2 free and unconstrained
  3. 3 rhythmical
diē fú
  1. 1 decline (in value)
  2. 2 extent of a drop
diē pò
  1. 1 (of a market index etc) to fall below (a given level)
  2. 2 to be injured or damaged as a result of a fall
diē luò
  1. 1 to fall
  2. 2 to drop
diē die zhuàng zhuàng
  1. 1 to stagger along
dà diē
  1. 1 large fall
dà diē yǎn jìng
  1. 1 (fig.) to be astounded
Dàng chāng xiàn
  1. 1 Dangchang county in Longnan 隴南|陇南[Lǒng nán], Gansu
dàng jī
  1. 1 to crash (of a computer)
  2. 2 Taiwanese term for 當機|当机[dàng jī]
yán dàng
  1. 1 to postpone
  2. 2 to keep putting sth off
zhǎng diē
  1. 1 rise or fall in price
kuáng diē
  1. 1 crazy fall (in prices)
měng diē
  1. 1 drop sharply (e.g. stock prices)
xù diē
  1. 1 to continue to fall (of share prices)
diē jiāo
  1. 1 variant of 跌跤[diē jiāo]
diē fèn
  1. 1 (coll.) to lose face

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.