staggering; stumbling
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesadjective
staggering; stumbling; tottering
informalA reduplicative descriptive word (状态词). It often describes someone unsteady on their feet due to factors like illness, intoxication, fatigue, or rushing. Can be used as a predicate with '的' (e.g., 他走得跌跌撞撞的).
Tā他
hē喝
zuì醉
le了
，
zài在
jiē街
shàng上
diē跌
diē跌
zhuàng撞
zhuàng撞
dì地
zǒu走
zhe着
。
He was drunk, staggering down the street.
Xiǎo小
hái孩
gāng刚
xué学
zǒu走
lù路
shí时
zǒng总
shì是
diē跌
diē跌
zhuàng撞
zhuàng撞
de的
。
Toddlers are always stumbling when they first learn to walk.
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Tā他
bào抱
zhe着
hěn很
zhòng重
de的
xiāng箱
zi子
，
diē跌
diē跌
zhuàng撞
zhuàng撞
dì地
shàng上
le了
lóu楼
。
Holding a very heavy box, he stumbled up the stairs.