落后 (落後)
luò hòu
Pinyin

Definition

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

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

一是，英国此前与欧盟达成的“脱欧”协议已3次遭英国议会下院投票否决。二是，欧洲议会选举投票23日在英国举行。多个民调显示，保守党支持率大幅落后于新成立的“脱欧党”。
yī shì ，Yīngguó cǐqián yǔ Ōuméng dáchéng de “tuōŌu ”xiéyì yǐ cì zāo Yīngguó yìhuì xiàyuàn tóupiào fǒujué 。èr shì ，ŌuzhōuYìhuì xuǎnjǔ tóupiào rì zài Yīngguó jǔxíng 。duōge míndiào xiǎnshì ，bǎoshǒudǎng zhīchílǜ dàfú luòhòu yú Xīn chénglì de “tuōŌu dǎng ”。
Firstly "Brexit" agreement reached by the United Kingdom with the European Union has been voted against by the lower house of the British Parliament three times. Secondly the European Parliament election will be held in the United Kingdom on the 23rd. A number of polls show that the Conservative Party’s support rate has lagged by a big margin behind the newly established “Brexit Party”.
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是啊，火箭队在大比分1：3落后的不利形势下连翻三局，实现了惊天大逆转，可怜的保罗注定摸不到西决的地板。
shì a ，Huǒjiànduì zài dà bǐfēn yī bǐ sān luòhòu de bùlì xíngshì xià lián fān sān jú ，shíxiàn le jīngtiān dànìzhuǎn ，kělián de Bǎoluó zhùdìng mō bùdào xījué de dìbǎn 。
Yes, the Rockets staged a comeback after being down by one to three, poor Chris Paul seems fated to never tread the court of a Western Conference final.
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看来张明辉对辣情有独钟。回答正确，再加一分！徐玲虽然稍稍落后，但是别泄气。请听下一个问题，请问哪个菜系味道和用料浓厚、嗜葱，蒜并且以海鲜为主料？另外，还要说出一道代表菜。
kànlai Zhāng Mínghuī duì là qíngyǒudúzhōng 。huídá zhèngquè ，zài jiā yī fēn ！Xú Líng suīrán shāoshāo luòhòu ，dànshì bié xièqì 。qǐng tīng xiàyīge wèntí ，qǐng wèn nǎge càixì wèidao hé yòngliào nónghòu 、shì cōng ，suàn bìngqiě yǐ hǎixiān wéi zhǔliào ？lìngwài ，hái yào shuōchū yī dào dàibiǎo cài 。
It looks like Zhang Minghui is fond of spicy food. Right answer, and you get another point! Although Xu Ling is a little behind, don't give up. Let's hear the next question. In which type of cuisine are the flavors and ingredients strong, with a lot of garlic and onions, and which uses seafood as a main ingredient? And, you need to give a representative dish.
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张明辉回答得很全面。我们的比赛也进入白热化了。徐玲只落后一分，要加紧赶上，张明辉也不要松懈。好，请问佛跳墙是哪里的名菜？怎么制作？
Zhāng Mínghuī huídá de hěn quánmiàn 。wǒmen de bǐsài yě jìnrù báirèhuà le 。Xú Líng zhǐ luòhòu yī fēn yào jiājǐn gǎnshàng ，Zhāng Mínghuī yě bù yào sōngxiè 。hǎo ，qǐng wèn fótiàoqiáng shì nǎlǐ de míngcài ？zěnme zhìzuò ？
Zhang Minghui's answers are so comprehensive. Now our contest is white-hot. Xu Ling is only one point behind. She really needs to catch up. And Zhang Minghui can't let his guard down. OK, so, where does ''Buddha Jumps Over the Wall" come from? And how is it made?
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没错，这些企业不但生产方式落后，投入产出比例失衡，而且是以破坏生态环境为代价来换取经济效益。
méicuò ，zhèxiē qǐyè bùdàn shēngchǎn fāngshì luòhòu ，tóurù chǎnchū bǐlì shīhéng ，érqiě shì yǐ pòhuài shēngtàihuánjìng wèi dàijià lái huànqǔ jīngjì xiàoyì 。
That's right, these firms not only have backward production methods, an imbalance between input and output, they also pursue financial efficiency at the price of destroying the environment.
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上半场球队本来一分落后，他上场以后，不止扳平比分，逆转超前，甚至变成大胜四分的屠杀！
shàngbànchǎng qiúduì běnlái yī fēn luòhòu ，tā shàngchǎng yǐhòu ，bùzhǐ bānpíngbǐfēn ，nìzhuǎn chāoqián ，shènzhì biànchéng dàshèng sì fēn de túshā ！
The team were trailing by a goal in the first half, but after he got on the pitch, he didn't just equalize, but also overtook from behind, slaughtering them with another four goals.
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它引进了西方民主科学的先进治国理念，抛弃了阻碍中国社会发展的落后的封建思想。
tā yǐnjìn le xīfāng mínzhǔ kēxué de xiānjìn zhìguó lǐniàn ，pāoqì le zǔài Zhōngguó shèhuì fāzhǎn de luòhòu de fēngjiàn sīxiǎng 。
It introduced advanced Western political concepts about democracy and science, and cast aside outdated feudalistic ideas that were keeping China from developing.
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虚心使人进步，骄傲使人落后。
xūxīn shǐ rén jìnbù ，jiāo\'ào shǐ rén luòhòu 。
Modesty makes people progress, pride makes people fall behind.
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对了，林峰，是邓小平。他想改革中国封闭、落后的经济，又碰上香港商人要求来广东投资。所以他就决定在深圳设立经济特区。
duì le ，Lín Fēng ，shì Dèng Xiǎopíng 。tā xiǎng gǎigé Zhōngguó fēngbì 、luòhòu de jīngjì ，yòu pèngshàng Xiānggǎng shāngrén yāoqiú lái Guǎngdōng tóuzī 。suǒyǐ tā jiù juédìng zài Shēnzhèn shèlì jīngjì tèqū 。
Yes, Lin Feng, it was Deng Xiaoping. He wished to reform China's closed and backward economy. He encountered a Hong Kong business man who inquired about investing in Guangdong. So, he then decided to establish a special economic zone in Shenzhen.
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