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敗落

简败落 · 繁敗落

Mandarin · pinyin bài luò

(of status or wealth) to decline
(of buildings etc) to become dilapidated
run-down
(of plants) to wilt

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落: luò · fall, drop; net income, surplus
败: bài · be defeated, decline, fail

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4–4 · bai4 luo4

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verb

to decline (in wealth and position); to fall into reduced circumstances; to be reduced to poverty
(of buildings, etc.) to become dilapidated
(of plants) to wilt

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