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to fall behind / to lag (in technology etc) / backward / to retrogress
HSK 3
practical / workable / to implement / to carry out / to decide
HSK 5
(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
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 settle / to set up home
HSK 7-9
to fade / to discolor / also pr. [luo4 se4]
to fall / to drop / to land (of projectile)
HSK 7-9
(of a gate, vehicle etc) to lock; to engage the lock
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
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
(idiom) to take to the woods to become an outlaw
deciduous plant / deciduous vegetation
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)
landing visa; visa on arrival
setting sun
to fall behind the ranks / to be outdated
to suffer a defeat / to fail / to fall behind
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
(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 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
falling stone
down and out / in dire straits / unrestrained / unconventional / also pr. [luo4 tuo4]
larch tree (Pinus larix) / deciduous pine tree
to place a stone on the board (in Go)
to run away / to escape
(lit.) to fall from a horse / (fig.) to suffer a setback / to come a cropper / to be sacked (e.g. for corruption)
(dialect) to rain
down and out / in dire straits / unrestrained / unconventional
to put pen to paper; to start to write or draw
melancholy / unhappy
to complete a construction project
to shed tears / to weep
(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
defoliant
to fail to be chosen (or elected) / to lose an election
(idiom) unconventional; uninhibited; free-spirited
(of a tide) to ebb or go out
to bury the dead
air plant (Bryophyllum pinnatum) / to put down roots
to show poor taste
to fail the imperial exams / to flunk
to flee in defeat / to bolt
Rocky Mountains in West US and Canada
to sit down / to take a seat
a person who looks drenched and bedraggled / like a drowned rat / deep distress
Lok Ma Chau (place in Hong Kong)
aloof / standoffish / unsociable
to be on one's own; to be left alone / to be left out
floor lamp
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
ending up as / leading to / resulting in / in total
to have a stiff neck after sleeping / (of the head) to touch the pillow
to stop sweating / (mahjong and card games) to mark the tiles or cards with one's sweat, fragrance etc
to meet with misfortune / to fall into dire straits
to fall into
down and out / in dire straits / unrestrained / unconventional
to make a rest stop at a hotel / to put sth into storage
floor tom (drum kit component)
like a dog who fell in the river and climbs out—shaking all over
drainpipe / water spout
to be at a disadvantage
a loner / someone who does not easily get along with others
to take to the woods to become an outlaw / (dialect) to be born (Etymology: in former times, a bed of straw or grass was used as padding during childbirth)
pedestal fan; stand fan
aloof and as a result friendless (idiom)
floor-to-ceiling window / French window
lonely; desolate
(of seeds etc) to fall to the ground / (of the sun or moon) to set
deciduous tree
to settle in (a place); to take up permanent residence / (literary) to strike sb's name from a register
to be laid up in bed with illness
to get blamed
to be in a sorry state / to be utterly defeated
to throw stones at sb who has fallen down a well (idiom) / to hit a person when he's down
dust fall / fallout (volcanic, nuclear etc) / particulate matter
down and out / in dire straits / unrestrained / unconventional
variant of 落寞
variant of 落寞


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