落得

Mandarin · pinyin luò de

Meanings

  1. ending up as
  2. leading to
  3. resulting in
  4. in total
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落
luò · fall, drop; net income, surplus
得
dé · obtain, get, gain, acquire
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4–5 · luo4 de5

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