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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
practical / workable / to implement / to carry out / to decide
HSK 5
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
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
desolate / unfrequented / to treat sb coldly / to snub / to cold shoulder
HSK 7-9
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
whereabouts / to drop / to fall
HSK 7-9
to decline / to wane
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 lose (sth) / to drop (sth) / to feel a sense of loss / frustrated / disappointment / loss
HSK 7-9
to settle / to set up home
HSK 7-9
to fall / to drop / to land (of projectile)
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
corner (of a room, courtyard etc) / (fig.) remote spot; nook
HSK 7-9
open and candid (idiom); straightforward and upright
HSK 7-9
lit. as the water recedes, the rocks appear (idiom) / fig. the truth comes to light
HSK 7-9
to fall back / to return to low level after a rise (in water level, price etc)
HSK 7-9
to be situated / to be located (of a building)
HSK 7-9
to fall down
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
air plant (Bryophyllum pinnatum) / to put down roots
to fall; to drop
free-fall
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
sundown / sunset
lightning bolt; lightning strike
to fail to be chosen (or elected) / to lose an election
to be at a disadvantage
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *落* | 落* | *落
colloquial reading for in certain compounds
village
agile / nimble / all settled / in order
community / (science) biocoenosis / ecological community
short takeoff and landing aircraft
the curtain drops / the end of the show
Rocky Mountains in West US and Canada
settlement / dwelling place / town / village
to meet with misfortune / to fall into dire straits
tribe
to lie scattered (over an area) / Taiwan pr. [san4 luo4]
to disperse / to fall scattered / to sprinkle
to fall down / to decay / to fall from the sky / to die
to shed tears / to weep
to shoot down (a plane)
bacterial colony / microbial colony
to float down / to fall gently (snowflakes, leaves etc)
to wither (and drop off) / to wilt / to pass away
to peel off
floor-to-ceiling window / French window
lonely; desolate
setting sun
withered and fallen / scattered / sporadic
to leave behind (inadvertently) / to forget / to omit / to leave out
to fall / to drop / to decline / to deteriorate / to go downhill
a person who looks drenched and bedraggled / like a drowned rat / deep distress
unaccounted / unknown whereabouts
inscription with name, date, or short sentence, on a painting, gift, letter etc / to write such an inscription
pedestal fan; stand fan
to suffer a defeat / to fail / to fall behind
(of market prices etc) to rapidly fluctuate (idiom) / volatile / significant ups and downs / roller coaster
to sit down / to take a seat
to be on one's own; to be left alone / to be left out
to rise and fall / takeoff and landing / ups and downs
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 complete a construction project
(of speech or actions) direct and efficient / without fooling around
falling stone
strewn at random / disorderly / untidy / irregular / uneven
to fall / to drop
to surrender (of a fortress) / to fall (to the enemy) / subsidence (of land)
(of one's conduct, speech etc) natural and unrestrained
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)
ending up as / leading to / resulting in / in total
to stay for a time / to stop over / to lodge / to sink down (into soft ground) / leftovers
to fall behind the ranks / to be outdated
in picturesque disorder (idiom); irregular arrangement with charming effect
larch tree (Pinus larix) / deciduous pine tree
to put pen to paper; to start to write or draw
to tumble
to have a stiff neck after sleeping / (of the head) to touch the pillow
to subside
downcast; gloomy / to decline; to get worse
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 throw stones at sb who has fallen down a well (idiom) / to hit a person when he's down
(lit.) to fall from a horse / (fig.) to suffer a setback / to come a cropper / to be sacked (e.g. for corruption)
to degenerate / impoverished / to fall (into poverty) / to be reduced (to begging)
to place a stone on the board (in Go)
forgetful / empty-headed
floor lamp
to deal with (an offender)
drainpipe / water spout
(idiom) everything broken and in disorder
to taunt / to ridicule / to jeer at / to treat coldly / to abandon

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