WordTaiwan frequency #24,615
落地生根
ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄉㄧˋ ㄕㄥ ㄍㄣ
“to settle permanently in a new place; to put down roots; a succulent plant whose leaves sprout new plants upon touching the ground”
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落
ㄌㄨㄛˋ
To fall or drop; to set (of sun); to decline or sink; to leave out or forget; to lag behind; to land or rest upon; to write down.
地
ㄉㄧˋ
Earth; ground; soil; land; place; region; used as a particle to link adverbs to verbs or adjectives.
生
ㄕㄥ
To grow, give birth, produce, or be born; to live or be alive; life; raw or uncooked; to arise or occur; student; a person's livelihood.
根
ㄍㄣ
The part of a plant that grows underground; the base or foundation of something; the origin or source of a matter; a classifier for long, thin objects.
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Words sharing these characters
Vocabulary built from the same characters — most common first
- 學生ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄕㄥstudent; schoolchild; learner; one who studies under a teacher; a polite self-reference by a learner or junior
- 生活ㄕㄥ ㄏㄨㄛˊlife; daily existence; livelihood; the way one lives; circumstances of daily living
- 地方ㄉㄧˋ ㄈㄤplace; location; area; region; local (as opposed to central government); aspect; part
- 發生ㄈㄚ ㄕㄥto happen; to occur; to take place; to break out; to arise
- 先生ㄒㄧㄢ ㄕㄥMr.; sir; gentleman; teacher; husband; (dated) scholar or Taoist priest
- 生命ㄕㄥ ㄇㄧㄥˋlife; the condition of being alive; a living being; the duration of existence; vitality in creative works
- 地區ㄉㄧˋ ㄑㄩregion; area; district; locality; a defined geographical or administrative zone.
- 產生ㄔㄢˇ ㄕㄥto produce; to generate; to give rise to; to bring about; to arise; to come into being
- 人生ㄖㄣˊ ㄕㄥlife; a person's lifetime on earth; human existence; the course of one's life from birth to death
- 根本ㄍㄣ ㄅㄣˇfundamental; basic; root; simply; absolutely (not); (not) at all
- 土地ㄊㄨˇ ㄉㄧˋland; soil; territory; ground with earth or dirt; local earth god; genius loci
- 根據ㄍㄣ ㄐㄩˋaccording to; based on; basis; foundation; a source or ground for something