到 dào to reach / to arrive / to leave for / to go to / to (a place) / until (a time) / up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) / considerate / thoughtful / thorough syn 点 點 diǎn point / dot / drop / speck / o'clock / point (in space or time) / to draw a dot / to check on a list / to choose / to order (food in a restaurant) / to touch briefly / to hint / to light / to ignite / to pour a liquid drop by drop / (old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更[geng1] / dot stroke in Chinese characters / classifier for items syn 关掉 關掉 guān diào to switch off / to shut off syn 重点 重點 zhòng diǎn important point / main point / focus / key (project etc) / to focus on / to put the emphasis on syn 起飞 起飛 qǐ fēi (of an aircraft or rocket) to take off / to lift off / (fig.) (of an enterprise etc) to start to develop rapidly syn 点子 點子 diǎn zi spot / point / dot / speck / drop (of liquid) / droplet / point (of argument) / idea / crux / indication / pointer syn 下降 xià jiàng to decline / to drop / to fall / to go down / to decrease syn 上门 上門 shàng mén to drop in / to visit / to lock a door / (of a shop) to close / to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family syn 下落 xià luò whereabouts / to drop / to fall syn 甩掉 shuǎi diào to throw off / to abandon / to cast off / to get rid of / to dump syn 扔下 rēng xià to throw down / to drop (bomb) 坠入 墜入 zhuì rù to drop into / to fall into syn 失落 shī luò to lose (sth) / to drop (sth) / to feel a sense of loss / frustrated / disappointment / loss 坠落 墜落 zhuì luò to fall / to drop syn 罢休 罷休 bà xiū to give up / to abandon (a goal etc) / to let sth go / forget it / let the matter drop syn 下台 下臺 xià tái to go off the stage / to fall from position of prestige / to step down (from office etc) / to disentangle oneself / to get off the hook syn 从天而降 從天而降 cóng tiān ér jiàng (idiom) to fall from the sky / (idiom) (fig.) to appear unexpectedly / to drop into one's lap syn 点评 點評 diǎn píng to comment / a point by point commentary 卧倒 臥倒 wò dǎo to lie down / to drop to the ground syn 抛锚 拋錨 pāo máo to drop anchor / (fig.) (of a car etc) to break down syn 死心 sǐ xīn to give up / to admit failure / to drop the matter / to reconcile oneself to loss / to have no more illusions about 衰退 shuāi tuì to decline / to fall / to drop / to falter / a decline / recession (in economics) syn 脱落 脫落 tuō luò to drop off / to fall off / (of hair, teeth etc) to fall out / to omit (a character when writing) 辍学 輟學 chuò xué to drop out of school / to leave off studying / to interrupt one's studies 转折点 轉折點 zhuǎn zhé diǎn turning point / breaking point syn 撤诉 撤訴 chè sù to drop a lawsuit 动不动 動不動 dòng bu dòng (typically followed by 就[jiu4]) apt to (lose one's temper, catch a cold etc) / at the drop of a hat syn 闪光点 閃光點 shǎn guāng diǎn lit. flash point / crucial point / essential point 拉倒 lā dǎo to pull down / (coll.) to let it go / to drop it 定点 定點 dìng diǎn to determine a location / designated / appointed / specific / fixed (time) / fixed point (geometry) / fixed-point (number) syn 接送 jiē sòng to pick up and drop off / to ferry back and forth syn 跌落 diē luò to fall / to drop syn 截断 截斷 jié duàn to break or cut in two / to sever / to cut off / (fig.) to cut off (a conversation, a flow etc) / to interrupt / (math.) to truncate 落下 luò xià to fall / to drop / to land (of projectile) syn 衰落 shuāi luò to fall / to drop / to decline / to deteriorate / to go downhill syn 送行 sòng xíng to see someone off / to throw someone a send-off party syn 下岗 下崗 xià gǎng (of a guard, sentry etc) to come off duty / (of a worker) be to laid off syn 症结 癥結 zhēng jié hard lump in the abdomen (in Chinese medicine) / crux of an issue / main point in an argument / sticking point / deadlock in negotiations syn 掉队 掉隊 diào duì to fall behind / to drop out syn 下坠 下墜 xià zhuì (of objects) to fall / to drop / to droop / (medicine) to experience tenesmus 剥离 剝離 bō lí to peel / to strip / to peel off / to come off (of tissue, skin, covering etc) syn 空降 kōng jiàng to drop from the sky / (fig.) to appear out of nowhere / (attributive) airborne 串门 串門 chuàn mén to call on sb / to drop in / to visit sb's home syn 一落千丈 yī luò qiān zhàng lit. to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiom) / fig. (of business, popularity etc) to suffer a sudden, devastating decline / to take a dive syn 跳板 tiào bǎn springboard / jumping-off point / gangplank 报数 報數 bào shù number off! (command in military drill) / count off! 水滴 shuǐ dī drop syn 拖拉 tuō lā to drag along / to haul / (fig.) to procrastinate / shilly-shallying / sluggish / (computing) drag and drop / (loanword) tola, unit of weight, approx. 11.664 grams syn 最低点 最低點 zuì dī diǎn lowest point / minimum (point) 扬长而去 揚長而去 yáng cháng ér qù to swagger off / to walk off (or drive off etc) without a second thought for those left behind 临界点 臨界點 lín jiè diǎn critical point / boundary point 封顶 封頂 fēng dǐng to put a roof (on a building) / to cap the roof (finishing a building project) / fig. to put a ceiling (on spending, prize, ambition etc) / to top off / fig. to reach the highest point (of growth, profit, interest rates) / to stop growing (of plant bud or branch) 辟邪 bì xié to ward off evil spirits / mythical lion-like animal that wards off evil (also called 貔貅[pi2 xiu1]) 欢送 歡送 huān sòng to see off / to send off syn 交点 交點 jiāo diǎn meeting point / point of intersection 脱皮 脫皮 tuō pí (of paint etc) to peel off / to flake off / (of an insect or snake etc) to molt / (of skin) to peel off due to hard labor, blistering or sunburn etc / (fig.) to go through a grueling experience syn 滴水 dī shuǐ water drop / dripping water 作罢 作罷 zuò bà to drop (subject etc) syn 掉价 掉價 diào jià drop in price / devalued / to have one's status lowered syn 蜕皮 蛻皮 tuì pí skin cast off during molting / exuvium / to pupate / to molt / to slough / to cast off an old skin or shell 落差 luò chā drop in elevation / (fig.) gap (in wages, expectations etc) / disparity 漫无边际 漫無邊際 màn wú biān jì extremely vast / boundless / limitless / digressing / discursive / going off on tangents / straying far off topic syn 燃点 燃點 rán diǎn to ignite / to set fire to / to light / (chemistry) ignition point / combustion point syn 小数 小數 xiǎo shù small figure / small amount / the part of a number to the right of the decimal point (or radix point) / fractional part of a number / number between 0 and 1 / decimal fraction 画龙点睛 畫龍點睛 huà lóng diǎn jīng to paint a dragon and dot in the eyes (idiom) / fig. to add the vital finishing touch / the crucial point that brings the subject to life / a few words to clinch the point syn 基点 基點 jī diǎn base / centre / basis / point of departure / starting point / (finance) basis point syn 凋落 diāo luò to wither (and drop off) / to wilt / to pass away syn 肄业 肄業 yì yè to attend (a school) / to drop out (of college etc) 下挫 xià cuò (of sales, prices etc) to fall / to drop / decline / slump syn 基本点 基本點 jī běn diǎn key point / crux / (finance) basis point, abbr. to 基點|基点[ji1dian3] syn 含片 hán piàn lozenge / cough drop 鱼目混珠 魚目混珠 yú mù hùn zhū to pass off fish eyes for pearls / to pass off fake products as genuine (idiom) syn 猛跌 měng diē drop sharply (e.g. stock prices) syn 评点 評點 píng diǎn to comment / a point by point commentary syn 掉下 diào xià to drop down / to fall 跌幅 diē fú decline (in value) / extent of a drop 去死 qù sǐ go to hell! / drop dead! 摘下 zhāi xià to take off / to remove (one's hat, a door from its hinges etc) / to pick (a piece of fruit from a tree etc) / (sports) to pick off (a rebound etc) 脱掉 脫掉 tuō diào to remove / to take off / to strip off / to discard / to shed / to come off / to fall off 送走 sòng zǒu to see off / to send off 降幅 jiàng fú degree of reduction (in prices, numbers etc) / decline / drop 降下 jiàng xià to fall / to drop syn 拖放 tuō fàng drag-and-drop (computing) 拐点 拐點 guǎi diǎn turning point / breaking point / inflexion point (math., a point of a curve at which the curvature changes sign) 分拆 fèn chāi to separate off / to hive off / a demerger 开球 開球 kāi qiú open ball (math.) / to start a ball game / to kick off (soccer) / to tee off (golf) syn 打爆 dǎ bào to blow out / to blow off / (computer games) to zap / (phone) to ring off the hook / to be jammed / to max out (credit card etc) 摔坏 摔壞 shuāi huài to drop and break 坠楼 墜樓 zhuì lóu to fall off or jump off a building 褪下 tùn xià to take off (trousers) / to drop one's pants 打跑 dǎ pǎo to run off rebuffed / to fend off / (to fight off and make sb) run off 沧海一粟 滄海一粟 cāng hǎi yī sù a drop in the ocean (idiom) syn 倒卧 倒臥 dǎo wò to lie down / to drop dead 剥掉 剝掉 bō diào to peel off / to strip off 九牛一毛 jiǔ niú yī máo lit. one hair from nine oxen (idiom) / fig. a drop in the ocean syn 刮掉 guā diào to scrape off / to shave off (whiskers etc) / (of the wind) to blow sth away 辍学率 輟學率 chuò xué lǜ drop-out rate (from schooling) 掉 diào to fall / to drop / to lag behind / to lose / to go missing / to reduce / fall (in prices) / to lose (value, weight etc) / to wag / to swing / to turn / to change / to exchange / to swap / to show off / to shed (hair) / (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc) syn 落 luò to fall or drop / (of the sun) to set / (of a tide) to go out / to lower / to decline or sink / to lag or fall behind / to fall onto / to rest with / to get or receive / to write down / whereabouts / settlement syn 摔 shuāi to throw down / to fall / to drop and break syn 