沦落 (淪落)
lún luò
Pinyin

Definition

沦落 (淪落)
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lún luò
  1. to degenerate
  2. impoverished
  3. to fall (into poverty)
  4. to be reduced (to begging)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

失落
shī luò
  1. 1 to lose (sth)
  2. 2 to drop (sth)
  3. 3 to feel a sense of loss
  4. 4 frustrated
  5. 5 disappointment
  6. 6 loss
落
là
  1. 1 to leave out
  2. 2 to be missing
  3. 3 to leave behind or forget to bring
  4. 4 to lag or fall behind
落下
luò xià
  1. 1 to fall
  2. 2 to drop
  3. 3 to land (of projectile)
落后
luò hòu
  1. 1 to fall behind
  2. 2 to lag (in technology etc)
  3. 3 backward
  4. 4 to retrogress
角落
jiǎo luò
  1. 1 nook
  2. 2 corner

Idioms (20)

一落千丈
yī luò qiān zhàng
  1. 1 lit. to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of business, popularity etc) to suffer a sudden, devastating decline
  3. 3 to take a dive
七零八落
qī líng bā luò
  1. 1 (idiom) everything broken and in disorder
不见棺材不落泪
bù jiàn guān cai bù luò lèi
  1. 1 lit. not to shed a tear until one sees the coffin (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. refuse to be convinced until one is faced with grim reality
中箭落马
zhòng jiàn luò mǎ
  1. 1 lit. to be struck by an arrow and fall from one's horse
  2. 2 to suffer a serious setback (idiom)
光明磊落
guāng míng lěi luò
  1. 1 open and candid (idiom); straightforward and upright

Sample Sentences

再说，既然众人都醉了，您为什么不干脆就一起喝酒、一起醉？为什么要想那么多，自以为很高尚呢？害自己沦落到这个地步。
zài shuō ，jìrán zhòngrén dōu zuì le ，nín wèishénme bù gāncuì jiù yīqǐ hējiǔ 、yīqǐ zuì ？wèishénme yào xiǎng nàme duō ，zìyǐwéi hěn gāoshàng ne ？hài zìjǐ lúnluò dào zhè ge dìbù 。
Furthermore, since everyone is drunk, why don't you just drink and get drunk with everyone? Why do you have to over think everything and think of yourself as noble and above others? That's what caused you to end up like this.
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