落
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Definitions
- 1. to leave out
- 2. to be missing
- 3. to leave behind or forget to bring
- 4. to lag or fall behind
Words Containing 落
whereabouts
forgetful
open and candid (idiom); straightforward and upright
desolate
to fall back
to be situated
to degrade
to lose (sth)
phase
as the water recedes, the rocks appear (idiom)
to decline
to drop off
to fall
to fall to the ground
practical
drop in elevation
to fall behind
to complete a construction project
to settle
whereabouts
nook; corner
to descend
see 一字不漏[yī zì bù lòu]
lit. to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiom)
see 七上八下[qī shàng bā xià]
(idiom) everything broken and in disorder
unaccounted
to conform to no conventional pattern
to leave no trace
not follow the beaten track
lit. not to shed a tear until one sees the coffin (idiom)
see 失魂落魄[shī hún luò pò]
lit. to be struck by an arrow and fall from one's horse
clean and efficient
squeaky clean
(of speech or actions) direct and efficient
downcast; gloomy
to wither (and drop off)
to grow (prettier etc)
a blade will get rusty if it is not sharpened; a man will fall behind if he doesn't study (idiom)
agile
to peel off
uneven and jumbled (idiom); irregular and disorderly
lit. to fall behind Sun Shan 孫山|孙山[sūn shān] (who came last in the imperial examination) (idiom)
to come to the end of a phase (idiom)
scared out of one's wits (idiom); in a panic
to do a parachute jump
vertical or short takeoff and landing aircraft
vertical takeoff and landing aircraft
\Red Poppies\, novel by 阿來|阿来[ā lái]
to fall
(of market prices etc) to rapidly fluctuate (idiom)
the rain will fall, the womenfolk will marry (idiom)
(on which) the sun never sets
(idiom) dazed; beside oneself
to taunt
to make one's home in a place
to come down in the world (idiom)
sparse
village
talus slide
hopes are dashed
to be situated
see 餘甘子|余甘子[yú gān zǐ]
lit. to beat a drowning dog (idiom)
to shake out
to fall down
to fall
to shoot down (a plane)
(coll.) to push aside
radioactive fallout
(of status or wealth) to decline
to lie scattered (over an area)
to disperse
to enumerate sb's shortcomings
sundown
the sun sets over western hills (idiom); the day approaches its end
a gentle breeze comes with sunset (idiom)
village
see 樹高千丈，葉落歸根|树高千丈，叶落归根[shù gāo qiān zhàng , yè luò guī gēn]
fig. a tree may grow a thousand zhang high, but its leaves return to their roots (proverb)
to rise and fall in succession (idiom)
see 隕落|陨落[yǔn luò]
spilt water returns to the trough (idiom); fig. people remember where they belong
to sink
lit. fish sink, goose alights (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[zhuāng zǐ]); fig. female beauty captivating even the birds and beasts
to wander about destitute
to wander far from home
to degenerate
to slide
to tumble
(of water, prices etc) to rise and fall
when the melon is ripe, it falls (idiom); problems sort themselves out in the fullness of time
sparse
to deal with (an offender)
Telok Blangah, a place in Singapore
short takeoff and landing aircraft
big and stout
to be generous in the extreme (idiom)
empty
economically backward
community
Bible passage
settlement
to abandon oneself (idiom)
free-fall
free fall
bacterial colony
to throw stones at sb who has fallen down a well (idiom)
to fall behind the ranks
to show poor taste
(coll.) to fall or drop in price
to fall into
to fall into the net of justice (idiom); finally arrested
to be on one's own
(of seeds etc) to fall to the ground
floor lamp
air plant (Bryophyllum pinnatum)
French window
landing visa; visa on arrival
floor tom (drum kit component)
to sit down
to get blamed
Rocky Mountains in West US and Canada
dust fall
see 蓮花落|莲花落[lián huā lào]
lonely
the curtain drops
to sit down
ending up as
down and out
down and out
to suffer a defeat
to be at a disadvantage
setting sun
to have a stiff neck after sleeping
see 落棧|落栈[luò zhàn]
to make a rest stop at a hotel
to fail the imperial exams
inscription with name, date, or short sentence, on a painting, gift, letter etc
to fall into water
like a dog who fell in the river and climbs out—shaking all over
drainpipe
to stop sweating
down and out
to shed tears
a person who looks drenched and bedraggled
see 掉漆[diào qī]
(of a tide) to ebb or go out
to be laid up in bed with illness
falling stone
to omit; to neglect (to do sth)
to fail to achieve something; to be fruitless
to fail; to fall through; to come to nothing
to fail an exam
to put pen to paper; to start to write or draw
(of a bird, fish etc) to be caught in a net
to stay for a time
to fade
lit. the falling flowers are yearning for love, but the heartless brook ripples on (idiom)
to be in a sorry state
peanut
to take to the woods to become an outlaw (idiom)
to flee in defeat
(of one's conduct, speech etc) natural and unrestrained
aloof and as a result friendless (idiom)
aloof
melancholy
a loner
dead leaves
defoliant
deciduous tree
leaf litter
larch tree (Pinus larix)
deciduous plant
Getting Home, 2007 PRC comedy-drama film directed by 張揚|张扬[zhāng yáng], starring 趙本山|赵本山[zhào běn shān]
to bury the dead
to stay
to run away
to fail to be chosen (or elected)
to meet with misfortune
(lit.) to fall from a horse
Lok Ma Chau (place in Hong Kong)
down and out
a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom); everything has its ancestral home
genre of folk song with accompaniment of bamboo clappers
modesty leads to progress, arrogance makes you fall behind (quote of Mao Zedong)
to fall
a ritual whereby the living soul is brought to the nether world for a spiritual journey
to rise and fall
airfield
undercarriage
aircraft takeoff and landing gear
to fall
to subside
to leave behind (inadvertently)
to dodge a pit only to fall into a well (idiom)
tribe
strewn at random
disorderly and uneven (idiom); irregular and disorderly