落水 meaning - Chinese-English Dictionary

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MEANING OF 落水

落水

Definition to fall into water / to sink / overboard / fig. to degenerate / to sink (into depravity) / to go to the dogs

Usage

Synonyms 腐败败坏堕落腐化失足误入歧途蜕化变质蜕化

中文释义掉在水中。指下水。比喻失去权势。比喻沦落﹑堕落。指檐水落下的地带。

Characters 落 luò/là 水 shuǐ

COMMON WORDS WITH 落水
	落花流水 luò huā liú shuǐ to be in a sorry state / to be utterly defeated
	落水狗 luò shuǐ gǒu dog in the water / drowning dog / (fig.) bad person who has lost favour or power
	痛打落水狗 tòng dǎ luò shuǐ gǒu relentlessly beat the dog in the water / flog the cur that's fallen into the water / be merciless with bad people even if they're down
	打落水狗 dǎ luò shuǐ gǒu lit. to beat a drowning dog (idiom) / fig. to pulverize an (already defeated) enemy / to hit sb when he's down
	落水管 luò shuǐ guǎn drainpipe / water spout
	落水狗上岸 luò shuǐ gǒu shàng àn like a dog who fell in the river and climbs out—shaking all over
	落花有意，流水无情 ( 落花有意，流水無情 ) luò huā yǒu yì , liú shuǐ wú qíng lit. the falling flowers are yearning for love, but the heartless brook ripples on (idiom) / fig. one side is willing, yet the other one remains indifferent (usually of unrequited love) ( 落花有意，流水無情 )

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