Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 落


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Meaning

to fall, to drop (behind), decline

Pronunciation

là, lào, luò, luō

Explanation

Top: plant , bottom: 洛 (water and each [= Sitting cross-legged on a cushion does everybody])

Mnemonic

Plants (their leaves) and water-(drops), they all fall down.

Radicals

grass, plant
Water
each, everybody(Watch for the very similar meaning of the radical every .)
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Vocabulary

落后 luò hòu to fall behind; to lag (in technology etc); backward; to retrogress
磊落大方 lěi luò dà fāng to be generous in the extreme (idiom)
光明磊落 guāng míng lěi luò open and candid (idiom); straightforward and upright
奚落 xī luò to taunt; to ridicule; to jeer at; to treat coldly; to abandon
陨落 yǔn luò to fall down; to decay; to fall from the sky; to die
寥落 liáo luò sparse; few and far between
落炕 lào kàng to be laid up in bed with illness
堕落 duò luò to morally degenerate; to become depraved; a fall from grace; a fall into sin or depravity
落寞 luò mò lonely; desolate
坠落 zhuì luò to fall; to drop
降落伞 jiàng luò sǎn parachute

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