How to say “Satellite dropped onto Earth” in Chinese:人造卫星掉到地球上ren2 zao4 wei4 xing1 tiao4 dao4 di4 qiu2 shang4

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A few days ago, some people worried about the the satellite that was as big as a bus might plummet to Earth and cause some damages. Luckily, according to NASA, it did safely plunge into the oceans:) Satellite in Chinese, we call it 人造卫星ren2 zao4 wei4 xing1, 掉 diao4 means drop, 到 dao4 means reach, diao4 dao4 together mean drop and reach, 地球 di4 qiu2 Earth, 上 shang4 means top or surface. The sun we call it 太阳 tai4 yang2, and the moon we call it 月亮 yue4 liang4.

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