diē

to fall

to tumble; to trip; (of prices etc) to drop; Taiwan pr. [die2]

foot (足) + loss (失) = to fall or slip

Your foot (足) makes a wrong move and something is lost (失) — control, balance, footing. The same logic extends to prices: they slip away from their foothold.

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FootSemantic

他走路时不小心了一跤。

tā zǒu lù shí bù xiǎo xīn diē le yī jiāo。

He accidentally took a tumble while walking.

最近油价不断下,很多人都在关注。

zuì jìn yóu jià bù duàn xià diē,hěn duō rén dōu zài guān zhù。

Oil prices have been falling continuously recently, and many people are paying attention.

Words with 跌

陡跌

dǒu diē

precipitous drop (in price)

下跌

xià diē

to fall

回跌

huí diē

to fall back (of water level or share prices)

大跌

dà diē

large fall

大跌市

dà diē shì

(HK) stock market crash; major market downturn

大跌眼镜

dà diē yǎn jìng

(fig.) to be astounded

摔跌

shuāi diē

to take a fall

扑跌

pū diē

to fall flat on one's face

暴跌

bào diē

(economics) to slump

涨跌

zhǎng diē

rise or fall in price

涨跌幅限制

zhǎng diē fú xiàn zhì

limit up, limit down

狂跌

kuáng diē

crazy fall (in prices)

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