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to fall behind / to lag (in technology etc) / backward / to retrogress
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *落* | 落* | *落
to fall or drop / (of the sun) to set / (of a tide) to go out / to lower / to decline or sink / to lag or fall behind / to fall onto / to rest with / to get or receive / to write down / whereabouts / settlement
HSK 4
to descend / to land
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *落* | 落* | *落
to leave out / to be missing / to leave behind or forget to bring / to lag or fall behind
HSK 5
practical / workable / to implement / to carry out / to decide
HSK 5
to fall to the ground / to be set on the ground / to reach to the ground / to be born / (of a plane) to land
HSK 7-9
desolate / unfrequented / to treat sb coldly / to snub / to cold shoulder
HSK 7-9
to lose (sth) / to drop (sth) / to feel a sense of loss / frustrated / disappointment / loss
HSK 7-9
to fall / to drop / to land (of projectile)
HSK 7-9
to degrade / to degenerate / to become depraved / corrupt / a fall from grace
HSK 7-9
drop in elevation / (fig.) gap (in wages, expectations etc) / disparity
HSK 7-9
to drop off; to fall off; (of hair, teeth etc) to fall out / to omit (a character when writing)
HSK 7-9
phase / time interval / paragraph / (written) passage
HSK 7-9
corner (of a room, courtyard etc) / (fig.) remote spot; nook
HSK 7-9
to decline / to wane
HSK 7-9
to be situated / to be located (of a building)
HSK 7-9
to settle / to set up home
HSK 7-9
to fall back / to return to low level after a rise (in water level, price etc)
HSK 7-9
whereabouts / to drop / to fall
HSK 7-9
open and candid (idiom); straightforward and upright
HSK 7-9
whereabouts / place to settle / reliable source (of funds etc) / (of responsibility for a matter) to rest with sb / settlement / solution
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *落* | 落* | *落
colloquial reading for in certain compounds
to fall; to drop
community / (science) biocoenosis / ecological community
air plant (Bryophyllum pinnatum) / to put down roots
to fail an exam
to surrender (of a fortress) / to fall (to the enemy) / subsidence (of land)
bacterial colony / microbial colony
settlement / dwelling place / town / village
tribe
unaccounted / unknown whereabouts
setting sun
the curtain drops / the end of the show
to complete a construction project
to shed tears / to weep
downcast; gloomy / to decline; to get worse
parachute
to fall into water / to sink / overboard / fig. to degenerate / to sink (into depravity) / to go to the dogs
sundown / sunset
dead leaves / to lose leaves (of plants) / deciduous
to lie scattered (over an area) / Taiwan pr. [san4 luo4]
to disperse / to fall scattered / to sprinkle
to come to the end of a phase (idiom)
to fall down / to decay / to fall from the sky / to die
to be on one's own; to be left alone / to be left out
to shoot down (a plane)
floor-to-ceiling window / French window
to fall / to drop
to peel off
to stay for a time / to stop over / to lodge / to sink down (into soft ground) / leftovers
village
to degenerate / impoverished / to fall (into poverty) / to be reduced (to begging)
down and out / in dire straits / unrestrained / unconventional / also pr. [luo4 tuo4]
ending up as / leading to / resulting in / in total
to sit down / to take a seat
"Red Poppies", novel by 阿來|阿来
lit. the dust has settled (idiom) / fig. to get sorted out / to be finalized
(of a bird, fish etc) to be caught in a net / (of a tennis ball) to hit the net / (of a criminal) to be captured
to slide / to roll
to leave behind (inadvertently) / to forget / to omit / to leave out
floor lamp
to enumerate sb's shortcomings / to criticize / to scold / to talk on and on
to wander about destitute / to be stranded
(dialect) to rain
to suffer a defeat / to fail / to fall behind
squeaky clean / neat and tidy / efficient
agile / nimble / all settled / in order
to come down in the world (idiom) / to suffer a reversal of fortune
strewn at random / disorderly / untidy / irregular / uneven
to meet with misfortune / to fall into dire straits
(of status or wealth) to decline / (of buildings etc) to become dilapidated / run-down / (of plants) to wilt
to abandon oneself (idiom) / to let oneself go
free-fall
to deal with (an offender)
to omit; to neglect (to do sth) / to miss a chance; to let an opportunity slip by
to fail to achieve something; to be fruitless
to fail; to fall through; to come to nothing
a person who looks drenched and bedraggled / like a drowned rat / deep distress
to put pen to paper; to start to write or draw
dust fall / fallout (volcanic, nuclear etc) / particulate matter
Getting Home, 2007 PRC comedy-drama film directed by 張揚|张扬, starring 趙本山|赵本山
lit. a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom) / fig. all things go back to their source eventually / in old age, an expatriate returns home
to fall behind the ranks / to be outdated
undercarriage
(of a spacecraft) to splash down / (of a liquid) to splash onto a surface
to sit down
(lit.) to fall from a horse / (fig.) to suffer a setback / to come a cropper / to be sacked (e.g. for corruption)
(of water, prices etc) to rise and fall
to make one's home in a place / to settle
a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom); everything has its ancestral home / In old age, an expatriate longs to return home.
lit. not to shed a tear until one sees the coffin (idiom) / fig. refuse to be convinced until one is faced with grim reality
(coll.) to fall or drop in price / to go down in price
landing visa; visa on arrival
to fail to be chosen (or elected) / to lose an election
talus slide / to crumble (of scree slope) / to collapse / landslide
to flee in defeat / to bolt
genre of folk song with accompaniment of bamboo clappers
lit. fish sink, goose alights (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); fig. female beauty captivating even the birds and beasts
lit. as the autumn gale sweeps away the fallen leaves (idiom); to drive out the old and make a clean sweep
to throw stones at sb who has fallen down a well (idiom) / to hit a person when he's down

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