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HSK
to fall behind / to lag (in technology etc) / backward / to retrogress
HSK 3
practical / workable / to implement / to carry out / to decide
HSK 5
to descend / to land
HSK 4
(literary or dialectal) to snow / (literary) fallen snow; settled snow
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 be situated / to be located (of a building)
HSK 7-9
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
phase / time interval / paragraph / (written) passage
HSK 7-9
whereabouts / to drop / to fall
HSK 7-9
to settle / to set up home
HSK 7-9
airfield / takeoff and landing strip
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
whereabouts / place to settle / reliable source (of funds etc) / (of responsibility for a matter) to rest with sb / settlement / solution
HSK 7-9
to fall / to drop / to land (of projectile)
HSK 7-9
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. fish sink, goose alights (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); fig. female beauty captivating even the birds and beasts
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
(of a gate, vehicle etc) to lock; to engage the lock
forgetful / empty-headed
lit. as the autumn gale sweeps away the fallen leaves (idiom); to drive out the old and make a clean sweep
to fall / to drop
to float down / to fall gently (snowflakes, leaves etc)
to leave no trace / seamless / professional
drop in elevation / (fig.) gap (in wages, expectations etc) / disparity
HSK 7-9
dead leaves / to lose leaves (of plants) / deciduous
(of one's conduct, speech etc) natural and unrestrained
(of water, prices etc) to rise and fall
to drop off; to fall off; (of hair, teeth etc) to fall out / to omit (a character when writing)
HSK 7-9
agile / nimble / all settled / in order
genre of folk song with accompaniment of bamboo clappers
(idiom) dazed; beside oneself
downcast; gloomy / to decline; to get worse
to grow (prettier etc) / to mature into / to blossom
to wander about destitute / to be stranded
(of market prices etc) to rapidly fluctuate (idiom) / volatile / significant ups and downs / roller coaster
to shoot down (a plane)
sundown / sunset
the curtain drops / the end of the show
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
to fail an exam
to degrade / to degenerate / to become depraved / corrupt / a fall from grace
HSK 7-9
lit. not to shed a tear until one sees the coffin (idiom) / fig. refuse to be convinced until one is faced with grim reality
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)
(idiom) to take to the woods to become an outlaw
to peel off
hopes are dashed
lit. to be struck by an arrow and fall from one's horse / to suffer a serious setback (idiom)
village
to make one's home in a place / to settle
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
deciduous plant / deciduous vegetation
desolate / unfrequented / to treat sb coldly / to snub / to cold shoulder
HSK 7-9
lit. the falling flowers are yearning for love, but the heartless brook ripples on (idiom) / fig. one side is willing, yet the other one remains indifferent (usually of unrequited love)
to fall into water / to sink / overboard / fig. to degenerate / to sink (into depravity) / to go to the dogs
peanut (the plant)
a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom); everything has its ancestral home / In old age, an expatriate longs to return home.
scared out of one's wits (idiom); in a panic
landing visa; visa on arrival
setting sun
to fall behind the ranks / to be outdated
to suffer a defeat / to fail / to fall behind
landing site
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *落* | 落* | *落
colloquial reading for in certain compounds
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 do a parachute jump
to fall / to drop / to decline / to deteriorate / to go downhill
(idiom) everything broken and in disorder
to be situated / located at (of building) / also written 坐落
economically backward
(coll.) to fall or drop in price / to go down in price
inscription with name, date, or short sentence, on a painting, gift, letter etc / to write such an inscription
lightning bolt; lightning strike
to abandon oneself (idiom) / to let oneself go
to fall down / to decay / to fall from the sky / to die
to fall into the net of justice (idiom); finally arrested
to sit down
to stay for a time / to stop over / to lodge / to sink down (into soft ground) / leftovers
leaf litter
see 掉漆
not follow the beaten track / have an original style
uneven and jumbled (idiom); irregular and disorderly / in a tangled mess
"Red Poppies", novel by 阿來|阿来
lit. the dust has settled (idiom) / fig. to get sorted out / to be finalized
free-fall
falling stone

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