墊底

Simplified: 垫底

On the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list, at CEFR level C2.

diàndǐ ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄧˇ

- to put sth on the bottom
- to eat sth to tide oneself over until mealtime
- to lay the foundation
- to come last in the rankings

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Other words read diàndǐ

diandi with other tones

點滴

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