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落水

luò shuǐ

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Definitions

  1. 1. to fall into water
  2. 2. to sink
  3. 3. overboard
  4. 4. fig. to degenerate
  5. 5. to sink (into depravity)
  6. 6. to go to the dogs

Words Containing 落水

落水狗上岸
luò shuǐ gǒu shàng àn

like a dog who fell in the river and climbs out—shaking all over

落水管
luò shuǐ guǎn

drainpipe

打落水狗
dǎ luò shuǐ gǒu

lit. to beat a drowning dog (idiom)

Child Words of 落水

落
lào

colloquial reading for 落[luò] in certain compounds

水
shuǐ

water

落
luò

to fall or drop

落
là

to leave out