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落拓

Mandarin · pinyin luò tuò

down and out
in dire straits
unrestrained
unconventional

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落: luò · fall, drop; net income, surplus
拓: tà · expand; open up; support or push

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4–4 · luo4 tuo4

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adj

(literary or Zhangzhou Hokkien) in dire straits; down and out
(literary) untrammelled by convention; casual; unconventional
(literary) lonely; desolate

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