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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
là | la4
English translation
to leave out
to be missing
to leave behind or forget to bring
to lag or fall behind
Pīnyīn Pronunciation
lào | lao4
English translation
see [luò]
Pīnyīn Pronunciation
luò | luo4
English translation
to fall or drop
(of the sun) to set
(of a tide) to go out
to lower
to decline or sink
to lag or fall behind
to fall onto
to rest with
to get or receive
to write down
whereabouts
settlement
to fall, to drop; surplus, net income

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

Contains the radical

cǎo

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

plant

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

艹洛

Semantic compound

cǎo

Phonetic compound

luò

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. cǎo represents the meaning and luò represents the sound.

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冰雹 bīngbáo měng ,玻璃窗 le .

Hail fell with such violence that it broke windows.

河边 hé biān 疏疏 shū shū yǒu 几棵柳树 liǔ shù .

The river was sparsely lined with willow trees.

村庄 cūn zhuāng 座落 zuò luò zài 城镇 chéng zhèn zhī Dōng 十五 shí wǔ chǔ .

The village is 15 miles east of the town.

de 目光 mùguāng 恰好 qià hǎo yòu zài 那块表盘 biǎo pán 硕大 shuò dà péng 宛如 wǎn rú miǎo 器的手表 shǒubiǎo shǎng .

I happened to be looking at her enormous - faced, chronographic - looking wrist - watch again.

gěi de 许多 xǔduō 邮件 yóu jiàn 失落 shī luò le .

Many items of mail being sent to her have gone astray.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
to lower
部落 bù luò tribe部落 bù luò
落实 luòshí practical落實
落后 luòhòu to fall behind落後
角落 jiǎoluò nook角落 jiǎoluò
降落 jiàngluò to descend降落 jiàngluò
堕落 duòluò to degrade墮落
回落 huí luò to fall back回落 huí luò
下落 xià luò whereabouts下落 xià luò
失落 shī luò to lose (sth)失落 shī luò
日落 rì luò sundown日落 rì luò
落地 luò dì to fall to the ground落地 luò dì
坠落 zhuì luò to fall墜落
低落 dī luò downcast低落 dī luò
落下 luò xià to fall落下 luò xià
脱落 tuō luò to drop off脫落
击落 jī luò to shoot down (a plane)擊落
降落伞 jiàng luò sǎn parachute降落傘
落入 luò rù to fall into落入 luò rù
落户 luò hù to settle落戶
散落 sàn luò to disperse散落 sàn luò
落泪 luò lèi to weep落淚
落幕 luò mù the curtain drops落幕 luò mù
坐落 zuò luò to be situated坐落 zuò luò
冷落 lěngluò desolate冷落 lěngluò

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Decomposition

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