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HSK
to fall behind / to lag (in technology etc) / backward / to retrogress
HSK 3
to descend / to land
HSK 4
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  *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 be situated / to be located (of a building)
HSK 7-9
practical / workable / to implement / to carry out / to decide
HSK 5
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  *落* | 落* | *落
to leave out / to be missing / to leave behind or forget to bring / to lag or fall behind
HSK 5
phase / time interval / paragraph / (written) passage
HSK 7-9
whereabouts / to drop / to fall
HSK 7-9
modesty leads to progress, arrogance makes you fall behind (quote of Mao Zedong)
(lit.) to fall from a horse / (fig.) to suffer a setback / to come a cropper / to be sacked (e.g. for corruption)
to conform to no conventional pattern / unconventional / offbeat
to fade / to discolor / also pr. [luo4 se4]
to fall back / to return to low level after a rise (in water level, price etc)
HSK 7-9
to degrade / to degenerate / to become depraved / corrupt / a fall from grace
HSK 7-9
to fall / to drop / to land (of projectile)
HSK 7-9
a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom); everything has its ancestral home / In old age, an expatriate longs to return home.
whale fall
corner (of a room, courtyard etc) / (fig.) remote spot; nook
HSK 7-9
to lose (sth) / to drop (sth) / to feel a sense of loss / frustrated / disappointment / loss
HSK 7-9
unaccounted / unknown whereabouts
to come to the end of a phase (idiom)
the rain will fall, the womenfolk will marry (idiom) / fig. the natural order of things / something you can't go against
lit. as the water recedes, the rocks appear (idiom) / fig. the truth comes to light
HSK 7-9
to be generous in the extreme (idiom)
open and candid (idiom); straightforward and upright
HSK 7-9
to fall / to drop
drop in elevation / (fig.) gap (in wages, expectations etc) / disparity
HSK 7-9
to shoot down (a plane)
(of one's conduct, speech etc) natural and unrestrained
to make one's home in a place / to settle
agile / nimble / all settled / in order
(idiom) dazed; beside oneself
"Red Poppies", novel by 阿來|阿来
lit. the dust has settled (idiom) / fig. to get sorted out / to be finalized
downcast; gloomy / to decline; to get worse
to settle / to set up home
HSK 7-9
to grow (prettier etc) / to mature into / to blossom
to fall; to drop
to wander about destitute / to be stranded
(of market prices etc) to rapidly fluctuate (idiom) / volatile / significant ups and downs / roller coaster
sundown / sunset
fig. a tree may grow a thousand zhang high, but its leaves return to their roots (proverb) / fig. everything has its ancestral home / in old age, an expatriate returns home
the curtain drops / the end of the show
to drop off; to fall off; (of hair, teeth etc) to fall out / to omit (a character when writing)
HSK 7-9
to leave no trace / seamless / professional
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
(of speech or actions) direct and efficient / without fooling around
to fail an exam
(proverb) a blade will get rusty if it is not sharpened; a man will fall behind if he doesn't study
lit. to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiom) / fig. (of business, popularity etc) to suffer a sudden, devastating decline / to take a dive
to surrender (of a fortress) / to fall (to the enemy) / subsidence (of land)
dead leaves / to lose leaves (of plants) / deciduous
lit. to fall behind Sun Shan 孫山|孙山 (who came last in the imperial examination) (idiom) / fig. to fail an exam / to fall behind (in a competition)
hopes are dashed
(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
whereabouts / place to settle / reliable source (of funds etc) / (of responsibility for a matter) to rest with sb / settlement / solution
HSK 7-9
village
(of water, prices etc) to rise and fall
a ritual whereby the living soul is brought to the nether world for a spiritual journey
lit. to beat a drowning dog (idiom) / fig. to pulverize an (already defeated) enemy / to hit sb when he's down
the sun sets over western hills (idiom); the day approaches its end / fig. time of decline / the end of an era / Sic transit gloria mundi
to shake out
desolate / unfrequented / to treat sb coldly / to snub / to cold shoulder
HSK 7-9
squeaky clean / neat and tidy / efficient
to tumble
to fall into water / to sink / overboard / fig. to degenerate / to sink (into depravity) / to go to the dogs
peanut (the plant)
leaf litter
forgetful / empty-headed
parachute
setting sun
to fall behind the ranks / to be outdated
(coll.) to push aside
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  *落* | 落* | *落
colloquial reading for in certain compounds
(coll.) to fall or drop in price / to go down in price
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
to fall / to drop / to decline / to deteriorate / to go downhill
(idiom) everything broken and in disorder
lit. to be struck by an arrow and fall from one's horse / to suffer a serious setback (idiom)
to be situated / located at (of building) / also written 坐落
inscription with name, date, or short sentence, on a painting, gift, letter etc / to write such an inscription
lightning bolt; lightning strike
(of a gate, vehicle etc) to lock; to engage the lock
to sit down
see 掉漆
not follow the beaten track / have an original style
scared out of one's wits (idiom); in a panic
to do a parachute jump
falling stone
to rise and fall / takeoff and landing / ups and downs
airfield / takeoff and landing strip
to leave behind (inadvertently) / to forget / to omit / to leave out
blog (loanword) (Tw)
to wander far from home
down and out / in dire straits / unrestrained / unconventional / also pr. [luo4 tuo4]
to come down in the world (idiom) / to suffer a reversal of fortune

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