| 衰退 | shuāi tuì | to decline / to fall / to drop / to falter / a decline / recession (in economics) |   |
| 下降 | xià jiàng | to decline / to drop / to fall / to go down / to decrease | |
| 下跌 | xià diē | to fall / to tumble | |
| 落下 | luò xià | to fall / to drop / to land (of projectile) | |
| 秋季 | qiū jì | autumn / fall | |
| 下落 | xià luò | whereabouts / to drop / to fall | |
| 掉下 | diào xià | to drop down / to fall | |
| 坠落 | zhuì luò | to fall / to drop | |
| 跌倒 | diē dǎo | to tumble / to fall / fig. to suffer a reverse (in politics or business) | |
| 跌落 | diē luò | to fall / to drop | |
| 金秋 | jīn qiū | fall / autumn | |
| 降下 | jiàng xià | to fall / to drop | |
| 下挫 | xià cuò | (of sales, prices etc) to fall / to drop / decline / slump | |
| 沦落 | lún luò | to degenerate / impoverished / to fall (into poverty) / to be reduced (to begging) | |
| 衰落 | shuāi luò | to fall / to drop / to decline / to deteriorate / to go downhill | |
| 攻陷 | gōng xiàn | to overcome / to take (a fortress) / to fall (to an attack) / to surrender | |
| 韩国 | Hán guó | South Korea (Republic of Korea) / Han, one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄[zhan4 guo2 qi1 xiong2] / Korea from the fall of the Joseon dynasty in 1897 | |
| 落后 | luò hòu | to fall behind / to lag (in technology etc) / backward / to retrogress | |
| 爱上 | ài shàng | to fall in love with / to be in love with | |
| 波动 | bō dòng | to undulate / to fluctuate / wave motion / rise and fall | |
| 摇滚 | yáo gǔn | rock 'n' roll (music) / to rock / to fall off | |
| 不及 | bù jí | to fall short of / not as good as / too late | |
| 崩溃 | bēng kuì | to collapse / to crumble / to fall apart | |
| 落地 | luò dì | to fall to the ground / to be set on the ground / to reach to the ground / to be born / (of a plane) to land | |
| 堕落 | duò luò | to degrade / to degenerate / to become depraved / corrupt / a fall from grace | |
| 回落 | huí luò | to fall back / to return to low level after a rise (in water level, price etc) | |
| 生病 | shēng bìng | to fall ill | |
| 到期 | dào qī | to fall due (loan etc) / to expire (visa etc) / to mature (investment bond etc) | |
| 后退 | hòu tuì | to recoil / to draw back / to fall back / to retreat | |
| 傍晚 | bàng wǎn | in the evening / when night falls / towards evening / at night fall / at dusk | |
| 发病 | fā bìng | (of an illness) to occur / (of a person) to get sick / to fall ill / onset (of a medical condition) | |
| 落入 | luò rù | to fall into | |
| 掉落 | diào luò | to fall down | |
| 减弱 | jiǎn ruò | to weaken / to fall off | |
| 回升 | huí shēng | to rise again after a fall / to pick up / rally (stock market etc) | |
| 入睡 | rù shuì | to fall asleep | |
| 跌破 | diē pò | (of a market index etc) to fall below (a given level) / to be injured or damaged as a result of a fall | |
| 跳水 | tiào shuǐ | to dive (into water) / (sports) diving / to commit suicide by jumping into water / (fig.) (of stock prices etc) to fall dramatically | |
| 倒地 | dǎo dì | to fall to the ground | |
| 归属 | guī shǔ | to belong to / to be affiliated to / to fall under the jurisdiction of / a place where one feels that one belongs / one's final destination (where one need look no further) | |
| 看上 | kàn shàng | to look upon / to take a fancy to / to fall for | |
| 下水 | xià shuǐ | downstream / to go into the water / to put into water / to launch (a ship) / fig. to fall into bad ways / to lead astray / to go to pot | |
| 散落 | sàn luò | to disperse / to fall scattered / to sprinkle | |
| 动情 | dòng qíng | to get excited / passionate / aroused to passion / to fall in love / on heat (of animals) | |
| 摔倒 | shuāi dǎo | to fall down / to slip and fall / to throw sb to the ground | |
| 流产 | liú chǎn | to have a miscarriage / miscarriage / to fail / to fall through | |
| 飘落 | piāo luò | to float down / to fall gently (snowflakes, leaves etc) | |
| 大跌 | dà diē | large fall | |
| 脱掉 | tuō diào | to remove / to take off / to strip off / to discard / to shed / to come off / to fall off | |
| 一见钟情 | yī jiàn zhōng qíng | to fall in love at first sight (idiom) | |
| 觉醒 | jué xǐng | to awaken / to come to realize / awakened to the truth / the truth dawns upon one / scales fall from the eyes / to become aware | |
| 涨跌 | zhǎng diē | rise or fall in price | |
| 倒退 | dào tuì | to fall back / to go in reverse | |
| 热恋 | rè liàn | to fall head over heels in love / to be passionately in love | |
| 争相 | zhēng xiāng | to fall over each other in their eagerness to... | |
| 跌至 | diē zhì | to fall to | |
| 患病 | huàn bìng | to fall ill | |
| 坠入 | zhuì rù | to drop into / to fall into | |
| 钟情 | zhōng qíng | to fall in love / to love sb or sth dearly (lover, or art) | |
| 飘零 | piāo líng | to fall and wither (like autumn leaves) / (fig.) drifting and homeless | |
| 落伍 | luò wǔ | to fall behind the ranks / to be outdated | |
| 暴跌 | bào diē | (economics) to slump / steep fall (in value etc) | |
| 倾心 | qīng xīn | to admire wholeheartedly / to fall in love with | |
| 落空 | luò kōng | to fail / to fall through / to come to nothing | |
| 落水 | luò shuǐ | to fall into water / to sink / overboard / fig. to degenerate / to sink (into depravity) / to go to the dogs | |
| 翻脸 | fān liǎn | to fall out with sb / to become hostile | |
| 替身 | tì shēn | stand-in / substitute / body double / stuntman / scapegoat / fall guy / to stand in for sb else | |
| 下台 | xià tái | to go off the stage / to fall from position of prestige / to step down (from office etc) / to disentangle oneself / to get off the hook | |
| 跌到 | diē dǎo | to fall / to tumble | |
| 坠毁 | zhuì huǐ | (of an airplane etc) to fall to the ground and crash | |
| 此起彼伏 | cǐ qǐ bǐ fú | up here, down there (idiom) / to rise and fall in succession / no sooner one subsides, the next arises / repeating continuously / occurring again and again (of applause, fires, waves, protests, conflicts, uprisings etc) | |
| 摔跤 | shuāi jiāo | to trip and fall / to wrestle / wrestling (sports) | |
| 落败 | luò bài | to suffer a defeat / to fail / to fall behind | |
| 陷于 | xiàn yú | caught in (a bad situation) / to fall into (trap etc) | |
| 变心 | biàn xīn | to cease to feel a sense of loyalty (or gratitude etc) to sb or sth / to fall out of love with sb | |
| 五代 | Wǔ dài | Five Dynasties, period of history between the fall of the Tang dynasty (907) and the founding of the Song dynasty (960), when five would-be dynasties were established in quick succession in North China | |
| 中招 | zhòng zhāo | to get infected / to fall into sb's trap | |
| 沉浮 | chén fú | lit. sinking and floating / to bob up and down on water / ebb and flow / fig. rise and fall / ups and downs of fortune / vicissitudes | |
| 兴衰 | xīng shuāi | prosperity and decline (of a kingdom) / rise and fall | |
| 沦陷 | lún xiàn | to fall into enemy hands / to be occupied / to degenerate / to submerge | |
| 病死 | bìng sǐ | to fall ill and die / to die of illness | |
| 起落 | qǐ luò | to rise and fall / takeoff and landing / ups and downs | |
| 埋没 | mái mò | to engulf / to bury / to overlook / to stifle / to neglect / to fall into oblivion | |
| 落马 | luò mǎ | (lit.) to fall from a horse / (fig.) to suffer a setback / to come a cropper / to be sacked (e.g. for corruption) | |
| 不绝于耳 | bù jué yú ěr | (of sound) to never stop / to fall incessantly on the ear / to linger on | |
| 来龙去脉 | lái lóng qù mài | the rise and fall of the terrain (idiom) / (fig.) the whole sequence of events / causes and effects | |
| 失守 | shī shǒu | (military) (of a city etc) to fall into enemy hands / (fig.) to take a turn for the worse | |
| 扑倒 | pū dǎo | to fall down | |
| 入眠 | rù mián | to fall asleep | |
| 罹患 | lí huàn | to suffer (from an illness) / to fall ill | |
| 得病 | dé bìng | to fall ill / to contract a disease | |
| 病倒 | bìng dǎo | to fall ill / to be stricken with an illness | |
| 跌价 | diē jià | to fall in price | |
| 争气 | zhēng qì | to work hard for sth / to resolve on improvement / determined not to fall short | |
| 中计 | zhòng jì | to fall into a trap / taken in by a stratagem / cheated / ripped off | |
| 摔死 | shuāi sǐ | to fall to one's death | |
| 路西法 | Lù xī fǎ | Lucifer (Satan's name before his fall in Jewish and Christian mythology) | |
| 睡着 | shuì zháo | to fall asleep | |
| 落难 | luò nàn | to meet with misfortune / to fall into dire straits | |
| 近代史 | jìn dài shǐ | modern history (for China, from the Opium Wars until the fall of the Qing Dynasty, i.e. mid-19th to early 20th century) | |
