垂垂

chuíchuí
  1. gradually
  2. to drop

CEDICT

  1. (literary) gradually; little by little
  2. (literary) to droop; to hang low
  3. (literary) to fall; to drop
  4. gradually; little by little
  5. to droop; to hang low
  6. to fall; to drop

Wiktionary

  1. 渐渐。
  2. 低垂。
  3. 下降、下落。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 垂 chuí
  1. to hang (down)
  2. droop
  3. dangle
  4. bend down
  5. hand down
  6. bequeath
  7. nearly
  8. almost
  9. to approach
2 垂 chuí
  1. to hang (down)
  2. droop
  3. dangle
  4. bend down
  5. hand down
  6. bequeath
  7. nearly
  8. almost
  9. to approach

Containing this entry

垂垂老矣 chuíchuílǎoyǐ

Related entries

一来二去 yīláièrqù
  1. gradually
  2. little by little
  3. in the course of time
渐次 jiàncì
  1. gradually
  2. one by one
渐渐 jiànjiàn gradually
鼓聲漸漸地消失。

The drum faded away.

Source: Tatoeba

积渐 jījiàn gradually
逐次 zhúcì
  1. gradually
  2. one after another
  3. little by little
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