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to fall behind / to lag (in technology etc) / backward / to retrogress
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
to fall / to drop / to land (of projectile)
HSK 7-9
drop in elevation / (fig.) gap (in wages, expectations etc) / disparity
HSK 7-9
to settle / to set up home
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *落* | 落* | *落
colloquial reading for in certain compounds
air plant (Bryophyllum pinnatum) / to put down roots
to fail an exam
setting sun
the curtain drops / the end of the show
to complete a construction project
to shed tears / to weep
to fall into water / to sink / overboard / fig. to degenerate / to sink (into depravity) / to go to the dogs
dead leaves / to lose leaves (of plants) / deciduous
to be on one's own; to be left alone / to be left out
floor-to-ceiling window / French window
to stay for a time / to stop over / to lodge / to sink down (into soft ground) / leftovers
down and out / in dire straits / unrestrained / unconventional / also pr. [luo4 tuo4]
(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
floor lamp
(dialect) to rain
to suffer a defeat / to fail / to fall behind
to meet with misfortune / to fall into dire straits
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
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)
ending up as / leading to / resulting in / in total
(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
to flee in defeat / to bolt
to throw stones at sb who has fallen down a well (idiom) / to hit a person when he's down
lonely; desolate
(idiom) to take to the woods to become an outlaw
to show poor taste
to sit down / to take a seat
to have a stiff neck after sleeping / (of the head) to touch the pillow
to fade / to discolor / also pr. [luo4 se4]
(of one's conduct, speech etc) natural and unrestrained
peanut (the plant)
melancholy / unhappy
(idiom) unconventional; uninhibited; free-spirited
to fail the imperial exams / to flunk
to be in a sorry state / to be utterly defeated
larch tree (Pinus larix) / deciduous pine tree
down and out / in dire straits / unrestrained / unconventional
pedestal fan; stand fan
inscription with name, date, or short sentence, on a painting, gift, letter etc / to write such an inscription
a loner / someone who does not easily get along with others
down and out / in dire straits / unrestrained / unconventional
to settle in (a place); to take up permanent residence / (literary) to strike sb's name from a register
to place a stone on the board (in Go)
(of a tide) to ebb or go out
lightning bolt; lightning strike
variant of 落寞
down and out / in dire straits / unrestrained / unconventional
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)
like a dog who fell in the river and climbs out—shaking all over
aloof / standoffish / unsociable
to make a rest stop at a hotel / to put sth into storage
drainpipe / water spout
to be laid up in bed with illness
variant of 落寞
to fall into
falling stone
Lok Ma Chau (place in Hong Kong)
to run away / to escape
deciduous tree
Rocky Mountains in West US and Canada
defoliant
(of seeds etc) to fall to the ground / (of the sun or moon) to set
floor tom (drum kit component)
to be at a disadvantage
aloof and as a result friendless (idiom)
to fall into the net of justice (idiom); finally arrested
to get blamed
to stop sweating / (mahjong and card games) to mark the tiles or cards with one's sweat, fragrance etc
see 掉漆
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)
leaf litter
deciduous plant / deciduous vegetation
to bury the dead


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