落井下石

luò jǐng xià shí

Dictionary entry

to throw stones at sb who has fallen down a well (idiom)

What does 落井下石 mean?

落井下石 (luò jǐng xià shí) has the following dictionary meaning.

1to throw stones at sb who has fallen down a well (idiom)

2to hit a person when he's down

Character breakdown

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落làto leave out · to be missing 井JǐngJing, one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy · surname Jing 下xiàdown · downwards 石Shísurname Shi · abbr. for Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1], the capital of Hebei

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落井下石

luò jǐng xià shí

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