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The traditional character 墮 is a phono-semantic compound: the bottom component 土 (earth) provides the semantic sense of falling or descending to the ground, while the upper component 隋 functions as the phonetic element. In its simplified form, 堕, the structure changes to include the mound radical 阝 on the left with a modified phonetic part, yet it retains associations with earth and downward motion. Its earliest meanings referred to the physical act of falling or collapsing from a height onto the ground. This concrete action later extended metaphorically to describe moral or social deterioration, so modern usage often conveys sinking into a degraded state, losing virtuous standing, or experiencing a decline in personal or societal circumstances.
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他堕入了深深的绝望。
那个曾经的优等生开始堕落了。
要小心，别从楼梯上堕下来。
这种思想有使人堕落的危险。
她为自己的堕落感到羞愧不已。
历史的尘埃中，多少帝国悄然堕落。
该项目因资金问题而中途堕废。
那次堕马事故终结了他的骑士生涯。