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落花流水

Mandarin · pinyin luò huā liú shuǐ

Meanings

  1. to be in a sorry state
  2. to be utterly defeated
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落
luò · fall, drop; net income, surplus
花
huā · flower; blossoms
流
liú · flow, circulate, drift; class
水
shuǐ · water, liquid, lotion, juice
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4–1–2–3 · luo4 hua1 liu2 shui3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

lok6 faa1 lau4 seoi2

Cantonese word readings for 落花流水. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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lok6 faa1 lau4 seoi2

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

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phrase

  1. (of late spring) in decline; waning
  2. (idiomatic) desolate; dilapidated
  3. (by extension) utterly defeated; in a sorry state

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