隕落 [陨－]

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Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to fall down
  2. to decay
  3. to fall from the sky
  4. to die
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    流星​由​太空​中​跌入​大氣層​，​燃燒​殆盡​，​好少​噉​用
    (esp. of meteors) to fall from the sky (rarely used)
  2. 動詞
    引伸​意義​，​名人​去世​，​繁榮​地方​嘅​衰退​，​公司​倒閉
    euphemism of celebrity passing away, recession of a place, closing of enterprise
    • 巨星張國榮嘅隕落令好多歌迷心痛不已。
      巨星张国荣嘅陨落令好多歌迷心痛不已。
      The death of the famous star Leslie Cheung broke the hearts of his many fans.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb, of a meteorite, usually
    to fall from the sky; to fall from outer space
  2. verb, euphemistic
    to die; to pass away
    (syn.) 死人, 早死, 傾亡, 故世, 升天, 斃命, 入寂, 呜呼, 死脱, 故, 翹辮子, 离世, 過身, 上路, 下世, 歸道山, 身亡, 倾亡, 物化, 回老家, 丧命, 作古, 闭眼, 消忒, 病故, 亡故, 驾鹤西游, 就义, 過去, 走去踮, 盡命, 倾世, 凋謝, 丧生, 毕命, 被難, 走, 棄世, 過往, 駕崩, 归天, 歸西, 不在, 仙游, 終, 过去, 圓寂, 去世, 宾天, 枯死, 見背, 進棺材, 過世, 百年歸老, 过世, 死, 駕鶴西遊, 薨逝, 长眠, 归西, 被难, 長眠, 嗝屁, 嗚呼, 崩殂, 崩, 翘辫子, 閉眼, 龍馭上賓, 归道山, 歸天, 晏驾, 弃世, 故去, 死掉, 辭世, 终, 傾世, 驾鹤西去, 合眼, 沒世, 挂, 死翹翹, 病逝, 丧亡, 寿终正寝, 見閻王, 掛, 绝, 往生, 毙命, 仙逝, 長山賣鴨卵, 嚥氣, 殞, 死脫, 晏駕, 駕鶴西去, 老了, 仙遊, 凋谢, 忽然, 咽气, 上天, 尽命, 进棺材, 见阎王, 气绝, 小喇叭儿吹了, 不幸, 喪命, 薨, 见背, 就義, 永眠, 驾崩, 辞世, 賓天, 畢命, 氣絕, 小喇叭兒吹了, 做鬼, 喪生, 龙驭上宾, 死去, 安息, 即世, 死翘翘, 過面, 过往, 安眠, 離世, 圆寂, 死亡, 长山卖鸭卵, 殒, 喪亡, 壽終正寢, 百年归老, 絕, 过身, 逝世, 过面, 没世
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    巨星张国荣嘅陨落令好多歌迷心痛不已。
    巨星張國榮嘅隕落令好多歌迷心痛不已。
    • The death of the famous star Leslie Cheung broke the hearts of his many fans.