落后

luò hòu

HSK 2.0 Level 5 HSK 3.0 Level 6 Verb Common

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Definitions

1. to fall behind
2. to lag (in technology etc)
3. backward
4. to retrogress

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Word relationships

Antonyms

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• 先进 xiān jìn 先进 xiān jìn advanced (technology) 技术、思想等: advanced (technology)

Related words

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• 退步 tuì bù 退步 tuì bù to do less well than before 向后退、变差: to do less well than before

Synonyms

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• 落伍 luò wǔ 落伍 luò wǔ to fall behind the ranks 跟不上时代或群体: to fall behind the ranks

Usage notes

Collocations

落后 is often used with 于 to mean 'to lag behind (someone/something)', as in 落后于时代 (to lag behind the times).

Common mistakes

Don't confuse 落后 with 推迟; 落后 means falling behind in progress, while 推迟 means to postpone or delay an event.

Example Sentences

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这个地区经济发展 落后 于全国平均水平。

The economic development of this region lags behind the national average.

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Words Containing 落后

• 刀不磨要生锈，人不学要落后 刀不磨要生锈，人不学要落后 dāo bù mó yào shēng xiù , rén bù xué yào luò hòu: a blade will get rusty if it is not sharpened; a man will fall behind if he doesn't study (idiom)
• 经济落后 经济落后 jīng jì luò hòu: economically backward
• 虚心使人进步，骄傲使人落后 虚心使人进步，骄傲使人落后 xū xīn shǐ rén jìn bù , jiāo ào shǐ rén luò hòu: modesty leads to progress, arrogance makes you fall behind (quote of Mao Zedong)

Child Words of 落后

• 后 后 hòu: empress
• 落 落 là: to leave out
• 落 落 lào: colloquial reading for 落[luò] in certain compounds
• 落 落 luò: to fall or drop