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Meaning of 落

Pinyin luò、 là、 lào

Radical

艹

Strokes

Definition

leave behind, alight / to fall / to drop (behind)

Usage

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落 [là] 1. To drop; to leave behind; to omit. 2. Lost; left out. Example: 常说丢三落四 (often forgetful); 落下一个字 (missed a word). 落 [là] 1. To drop; forget to bring; not notice to take something. Example: 我忙着出来，把票落在家里了 (I was busy coming out and left the ticket at home). 2. To lag behind. Example: 落下很远 (fallen far behind). 3. To miss something. Example: 落了一个星期的课 (missed a week's classes). 落 [luò] 1. To fall; to drop down. Example: 叶子落下 (leaves falling down); 零落 (falling sparsely). 2. To decline; to wane. 3. To leave behind. 4. To stay; to linger. 5. Stopping place. 6. To belong; to get some result. 7. To fall into unfavorable circumstances. 8. A ceremony held during ancient building completion; now refers to the completion of constructions. 9. Rare. 10. Water dripping device on the eaves. 11. Death. 12. To refer to generosity or solitude. 13. Fence. 落 [luò] 1. To wither or fall. 2. To separate oneself from. 3. To generally refer to descending or falling. 4. To fall into. 5. To delay; to waste time. 6. To decay; to decline. 7. To remove someone from a position. 8. To stop; to stay; to leave something behind. 9. To lag behind. 10. To belong to. 11. To gain; to obtain. 12. To embezzle or profit illegally. 13. Ceremony during the construction of a palace in ancient times. 14. To hold something in place with a net; to ensnare. 15. The system of channels and collaterals in Traditional Chinese Medicine. 落 [lào] 1. To earn; to gain. 2. To fall away; to fade. 3. To miss something; to make a mistake. 4. To fall down. 落 [lào] 1. A term referring to various performances in northern China, generally known as "莲花落" (Lotus Laozi). 2. Example: 落子馆 (a place for northern performing arts). 形容态度大方，见〖大大落落〗。 Describes an attitude of generosity, as in "大大落落" (dàda-luōluō).

落叶 luò yè

dead leaves / to lose leaves (of plants) / deciduous

落叶松 luò yè sōng

larch tree (Pinus larix) / deciduous pine tree

落后 luò hòu

to fall behind / to lag (in technology etc) / backward / to retrogress

坠落 zhuì luò

to fall / to drop

堕落 duò luò

to degrade / to degenerate / to become depraved / corrupt / a fall from grace

奚落 xī luò

to taunt / to ridicule / to jeer at / to treat coldly / to abandon

坐落 zuò luò

to be situated / to be located (of a building)

尘埃落定 chén āi luò dìng

lit. the dust has settled (idiom) / fig. to get sorted out / to be finalized

自甘堕落 zì gān duò luò

to abandon oneself (idiom) / to let oneself go

塌落 tā luò

caving

失落 shī luò

to lose (sth) / to drop (sth) / to feel a sense of loss / frustrated / disappointment / loss

落实 luò shí

practical / workable / to implement / to carry out / to decide

落寞 luò mò

lonely / desolate

寥落 liáo luò

sparse / few and far between

崩落 bēng luò

talus slide / to crumble (of scree slope) / to collapse / landslide

落差 luò chā

drop in elevation / (fig.) gap (in wages, expectations etc) / disparity

落幕 luò mù

the curtain drops / the end of the show

此起彼落 cǐ qǐ bǐ luò

to rise and fall in succession (idiom) / repeating continuously

落後 luò hòu

to fall behind / to lag (in technology etc) / backward / to retrogress

剥落 bō luò

to peel off

击落 jī luò

to shoot down (a plane)

落户 luò hù

to settle / to set up home

抖落 dǒu luò

to shake out

落拓 luò tuò

down and out / in dire straits / unrestrained / unconventional

落拓不羁 luò tuò bù jī

be by nature unconventional and straight forward / not to be fettered by formalities and manners / throw restraint to the winds / lead a licentious life -- unconventional and unrestrained

冷落 lěng luò

desolate / unfrequented / to treat sb coldly / to snub / to cold shoulder

干净利落 gān jìng lì luo

squeaky clean / neat and tidy / efficient

凋落 diāo luò

to wither (and drop off) / to wilt / to pass away

兔起鹘落 tù qǐ hú luò

quick flow of writer's thoughts and imagination

落入 luò rù

to fall into

散落 sàn luò

to disperse / to fall scattered / to sprinkle

斩落 zhǎn luò

Cut down

旁落 páng luò

pass into others' hands

村落 cūn luò

village

落枕 lào zhěn

to have a stiff neck after sleeping / (of the head) to touch the pillow

落榜 luò bǎng

to fail the imperial exams / to flunk

段落 duàn luò

phase / time interval / paragraph / (written) passage

落汤鸡 luò tāng jī

a person who looks drenched and bedraggled / like a drowned rat / deep distress

没落 mò luò

to decline / to wane

沦落 lún luò

to degenerate / impoverished / to fall (into poverty) / to be reduced (to begging)

沦落风尘 lún luò fēng chén

sink into professions not socially respectable / become a courtesan / be driven to prostitution

落泪 luò lèi

to shed tears / to weep

洒落 sǎ luò

sprinkling / scatter / spatter

涨落 zhǎng luò

(of water, prices etc) to rise and fall

溅落 jiàn luò

ditching / splash down

滑落 huá luò

to slide / to roll

滚落 gǔn luò

to tumble

滴落 dī luò

drippage / apostatxis

低落 dī luò

downcast / gloomy / to decline

落伍 luò wǔ

to fall behind the ranks / to be outdated

降落伞 jiàng luò sǎn

parachute

光明磊落 guāng míng lěi luò

open and candid (idiom); straightforward and upright

碧落 bì luò

the sky

磊落 lěi luò

big and stout / big-hearted / open and honest / continuous / repeated

不落窠臼 bù luò kē jiù

not follow the beaten track / have an original style

篱落 lí luò

bamboo or twig fence

落英缤纷 luò yīng bīn fēn

Fallen petals lie in profusion. / fallen flowers scattering and flying around like snow flakes / Fallen flowers are numerous. / The ground is full of fallen flowers.

群落 qún luò

community / (science) biocoenosis / ecological community

聚落 jù luò

settlement / dwelling place / town / village

干脆利落 gān cuì lì luo

(of speech or actions) direct and efficient / without fooling around

脱落 tuō luò

to drop off / to come off / to lose (hair etc) / to omit (a character when writing)

丢三落四 diū sān là sì

forgetful / empty-headed

一落千丈 yī luò qiān zhàng

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

莲花落 lián huā lào

genre of folk song with accompaniment of bamboo clappers

部落 bù luò

tribe

落下 luò xià

to fall / to drop / to land (of projectile)

衰落 shuāi luò

to fall / to drop / to decline / to deteriorate / to go downhill

落地 luò dì

to fall to the ground / to be set on the ground / to reach to the ground / to be born / (of a plane) to land

落到 luò dào

befallen / befell / fall to / fell on / fall on

降落 jiàng luò

to descend / to land

下落 xià luò

whereabouts / to drop / to fall

角落 jiǎo luò

nook / corner

落成 luò chéng

to complete a construction project

院落 yuàn luò

court / courtyard

瓜熟蒂落 guā shú dì luò

when the melon is ripe, it falls (idiom); problems sort themselves out in the fullness of time

花落谁家 huā luò shuí jiā

who will win the laurel

跌落 diē luò

to fall / to drop

错落 cuò luò

strewn at random / disorderly / untidy / irregular / uneven

陨落 yǔn luò

to fall down / to decay / to fall from the sky / to die

陷落 xiàn luò

to surrender (of a fortress) / to fall (to the enemy) / subsidence (of land)

沉鱼落雁 chén yú luò yàn

lit. fish sink, goose alights (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); fig. female beauty captivating even the birds and beasts

七零八落 qī líng bā luò

(idiom) everything broken and in disorder

飘落 piāo luò

to float down / to fall gently (snowflakes, leaves etc)

失魂落魄 shī hún luò pò

dazed / beside oneself (idiom)

落魄 luò pò

down and out / in dire straits / unrestrained / unconventional / also pr. [luo4 tuo4]

丧魂落魄 sàng hún luò pò

scared out of one's wits (idiom); in a panic