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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 落花流水

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
落花流水 luò huā liú shuǐ - to be in a sorry state
- to be utterly defeated

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 45,097 30,043

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
落 là- to leave out
- to be missing
- to leave behind or forget to bring
- to lag or fall behind
落 lào- colloquial reading for 落[luo4] in certain compounds
落 luò- 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
花 huā- surname Hua
花 huā- flower
- blossom
- CL:朵[duo3],支[zhi1],束[shu4],把[ba3],盆[pen2],簇[cu4]
- fancy pattern
- florid
- to spend (money, time)
- (coll.) lecherous
- lustful
花 huā- old variant of 花[hua1]
花 huā- variant of 花[hua1]
- flower
- blossom
- also pr. [wei3]
流 liú- to flow
- to disseminate
- to circulate or spread
- to move or drift
- to degenerate
- to banish or send into exile
- stream of water or sth resembling one
- class, rate or grade
水 shuǐ- surname Shui
水 shuǐ- water
- (after a name) ... River
- to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4shui3] and 水性[shui3xing4])
- (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy
- (bound form) additional cost; extra income
- classifier for washings of a garment

Other Words Containing 落花流水

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo