应声而倒
yìng​shēng'ér​dǎo

to fall down at a sound

  • created sense approved 应声而倒/應聲而倒 · yìng​shēng'ér​dǎo · to fall down at a sound — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    应声而倒 / 應聲而倒

    yìng​shēng'ér​dǎo

    to fall down at a sound

    To fall down immediately after a sound (such as a gunshot or impact) is heard; to collapse instantly

    应声 (literal) → 应声/應聲 · yìng​shēng · at the sound 而 (literal) → 而 · ér · [adverbial linker] 倒 (literal) → 倒 · dǎo · to fall

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense

  • created sense approved 应声而倒/應聲而倒 · yìng​shēng'ér​dǎo · to be brought down by association — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    应声而倒 / 應聲而倒

    yìng​shēng'ér​dǎo

    to be brought down by association

    To fall or fail as a result of being implicated or affected by a related event

    应声 (literal) → 应声/應聲 · yìng​shēng · at the sound 而 (literal) → 而 · ér · [adverbial linker] 倒 (literal) → 倒 · dǎo · to fail

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense