- 1. knock (against sth. hard)
 - ♦ 牙~掉了一颗 have one's tooth knocked out
 - ♦ 摔了一跤, 脸上~破了皮 fall and graze one's face
 - ♦ 碗边儿~掉了一块。 The edge of the bowl was chipped.
 - 2. knock sth. out of a vessel, container, etc.
 - ♦ ~烟袋锅儿 knock the ashes out of a pipe; empty out a pipe