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斤斗

Word · NounTraditional筋斗

somersault; fall

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Meanings

1 sense · 4 examples
1.

noun

somersault; tumble; fall

dialect

A dialectal term for a head-over-heels tumble, often used in contexts like martial arts or acrobatics, or to describe a literal fall.

Tā他
yī一
gè个
jīn筋
dǒu斗
cóng从
tái台
shàng上
fān翻
le了
xià下
lái来
 ,
guān观
zhòng众
dōu都
kàn看
dāi呆
le了
 。

He did a somersault off the stage, leaving the audience stunned.

Xià下
yǔ雨
lù路
huá滑
 ,
tā他
shuāi摔
le了
gè个
dà大
jīn筋
dǒu斗
 。

The road was slippery from the rain, and he took a bad tumble.

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Sūn孙
Wù悟
kōng空
huì会
fān翻
jīn筋
dǒu斗
yún云
 。

Sun Wukong can perform somersaults on clouds.

Xiǎo小
hái孩
zài在
cǎo草
dì地
shàng上
kuài快
lè乐
de地
fān翻
zhe着
jīn筋
dǒu斗
 。

The child was happily doing somersaults on the grass.