| 落 | 268A20 20A.40-6 | 部居  | 畫數 13 | ㄌㄨㄛˋ [luo4] (*ㄌㄠˋ [lao4] in many coll. usages). | ||
| N. | (1) A settlement, division, place where people congregate: 部落 a tribe; 村落 a village; 下落 whereabouts: 下落不明，不知下落 whereabouts unknown; 告一段落 (of affairs) a chapter has been concluded, a stage of development closed. (2) A lot: 一落兒 ([yi2lao4er0]) 書，一落兒碟子 a stack of books, dishes. (3) A hedge: 籬落. | |||||
| V.i. & t. | (1) To shed, drop down, off: 落葉 shed leaves; 落花，落英 fallen petals; 打得落花流水 route the enemy completely; 落日 setting sun; 落下來 drop down; 落淚 shed tears; 落雨，落雪 it rains, snows; 落膽 lose heart, frightened out of one's wits; 落髮 drop off hair, hair falls; 落髮為僧 shave one's head and become a monk; 落胎 have, or cause, an abortion; 落湯雞 drenched through, like chicken drenched and about to be feathered; 落湯螃蟹 helpless like crab in steaming pot; 落井（  ）下石 to throw rocks in after a man has fallen into well (trap)－strike man when he is down;落水 (of person, ship) go into the water, (woman) become prostitute. (2) (Pr. *[lao4] or [luo4]) fall, come down on: 落在地上 drop to the ground; 鳥落在房上 bird alights on the roof; 落第六名 name comes out in sixth place; 名落孫山 (phr. allu.) fail in civil examination－name comes out behind the last name, that of Sun Shan; see 落第，落選 [luo4di4]2, [luo4xUan3]↓. (3) (As vb. suffix or as adv.) off, down: 脫落 shed off: 失落 lose (a handkerchief, watch); 遺落 drop out (by mistake); 降落 descend; 墜落 sink into, drop down, degenerate; 殂落，隕落 die, fallen upon bad times, unsuccessful, withered; 衰落 declined; 凋落 withered; 淪落 degenerate; 流落 drift about without fixed profession; 沒落 (of fame, movement) die out, be forgotten, decline. (4) To drop out by mistake: 落了一個字 a word has been dropped out; 落禮兒 a mistake or oversight in courtesy; 落神 be absentminded. (5) To result in, end up in: 落圈套 fall into trap; 這封信落到他手 this letter has fallen into his hand; 落空 (plans, endeavors) end up in nothing; 落難 get into trouble, in distress; (*[lao4]) receive comment: 落褒貶 receive criticism; 落不是 be condemned, criticised as wrong; 落好兒 receive favorable comment; 除開消以外落了幾塊錢 made a few dollars after expenses; 落了不少油水 made a lot on the side as commission. (6) To set (ink, brush in writting, painting): 落筆 to set pen on paper in given manner or style; 落墨 set ink; 落款 (*[lao4]) to put signature to scroll, including artist's name and that of recipient possibly also date; 落賬 ([lao4]) enter item in account. (7) To stay, stop over: 落棧 (coll.) stop at an inn for the night; 落腳兒 (coll.) stop for a rest; 落炕 sick confined to bed. (8) (*[lao4]) To drop down, drop out: 落價 come down in price; to fade: 落色 fade in color; ([luo4]) to drop out of elections, army, tests, see 落選，落伍，落第 [luo4xUan3], [luo4wu3], [luo4di4]2↓; drop behind, 落後 [luo4hou4].↓. | |||||
| Adj. | (1) Scarce, scattered, thinned out: 零落，疏落 scattered; 零零落落 bits here and there; 寥落 thinly populated. | |||||
| Adv. | See V.i. & t.3↑. | |||||
| Words | 1. 落榜 [luo4bang3], v.t., formerly, fail in civil examinations. 2. 落成 [luo4cheng2], v.i., (of buildings) completed: 落成典禮 inauguration ceremony of new building. 3. 落地 [luo4di4]1, (1) be born: 落地為兄弟 are born brothers; [luo4di4]1, (2) (*[lao4di4]) touching the ground: 落地燈 floor lamp; 落地窗 French window; 落地式收音機 cabinet or console type radio set (as against desk type). 4. 落第 [luo4di4]2, v.i., fail in civil examinations. 5. 落後 [luo4hou4], v.i., fall behind in work; adj., behind times (in thinking), backward: 落後國家 underdeveloped countries. 6. 落花生 [luo4hua1sheng1], n., peanut. 7. 落荒 [luo4huang1], n., take to the wilds: 落荒而逃 be a fugitive from justice. 8. 落價 *[lao4jia4]1, v.i., come down in price. 9. 落架 *[lao4jia4]2, v.i., (of family) fall apart, decline. 10. 落葵 [luo4kui2], n., (bot.) malaba nightshade, Basella rubra. 11. 落空 [luo4kong1], v.i., end up in nothing, suffer loss. 12. 落落 [luo4luo4], adj., as in 落落大方 very poised and dignified; 落落寡合 socially aloof; 零零落落 in piecemeal fashion. 13. 落寞 [luo4mo4], adj., (1) aloof, alone; (2) off and on, in piecemeal fashion. 14. 落腮鬍（子） [luo4sai1hu2] ([zi0]), n., whiskers on cheeks. 15. 落選 [luo4xUan3], v.i., fail to be elected or in competitive examinations. 16. 落體 [luo4ti3], n., (phys.) a falling body. 17. 落草 [luo4cao3] (*[lao4cao3]), v.i., to join the bandits: 落草為寇 turn to banditry. 18. 落魄 [luo4tuo4] (also pr., [luo4po4], wr. also 落泊 [luo4po4]), adj., (1) down and out, be a failure, down-hearted; (2) ([luo4tuo4] usu. wr. 落拓), unconventional, going one's own way. 19. 落子 *[lao4zi0], (1) as in 落子館兒 equiv. to cheap amusement park where singing, vaudeville shows are given; *[lao4zi0], (2) means of living: 窮得都沒落子了 without means of subsistence. 20. 落伍 [luo4wu3], v.i., drop behind others, become outdated, see [luo4hou4]↑. 21. 落葉樹 [luo4ye4shu4], n., deciuous trees. | |||||