呱呱坠地 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• (of a baby) to enter the world with a loud cry; to be born

Character by character

• 呱gūto wail, to cry; to swear at
• 呱gūto wail, to cry; to swear at
• 坠zhuìto drop, to fall down, to sink; heavy; weight
• 地dìearth, ground, soil; land, region; structural part

Idioms sharing a character

• 天花乱坠 tiān huā luàn zhuì
• 一败涂地 yī bài tú dì
• 上天入地 shàng tiān rù dì
• 不败之地 bù bài zhī dì
• 不毛之地 bù máo zhī dì
• 五体投地 wǔ tǐ tóu dì
• 人杰地灵 rén jié dì líng
• 人间地狱 rén jiān dì yù
• 出人头地 chū rén tóu dì
• 呼天抢地 hū tiān qiāng dì

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