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名落孙山

míng luò sūn shān

Definitions

  • •lit. to fall behind Sun Shan 孫山|孙山[sūn shān] (who came last in the imperial examination) (idiom)
  • •fig. to fail an exam
  • •to fall behind (in a competition)

Child Words of 名落孙山

孙
sūn
落
lào
落
luò
山
shān
名
míng
落
là
孙山
sūn shān