当掉

Traditional form:

當掉

Pinyin (reading):

dàngdiào

Definitions:

• to fail (a student)
• to pawn
• (of a computer or program) to crash
• to stop working

Characters:

• 当 - appropriate, timely; to act, to serve; the sound of bells
• 掉 - to drop, to fall, to remove

Traditional characters:

• 當 - appropriate, timely; to act, to serve; the sound of bells
• 掉 - to drop, to fall, to remove