脱 落

tuōluò

“To drop off” in Chinese is 脱落 (tuōluò).

Meaning

to drop off; to fall off; (of hair, teeth etc) to fall out
to omit (a character when writing)

Example

墙上的纸渐渐脱落了。

The paper was beginning to peel off the walls.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

tuōHSK 411 strokesto shed luòHSK 312 strokesto leave out

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