沦落

淪落
lúnluò
  1. to degenerate
  2. impoverished
  3. to fall (into poverty)
  4. to be reduced (to begging)

CEDICT

  1. to languish; to decay; to decline; to wane; to be at a low ebb
  2. to sink into; to fall into; to land oneself in; to get bogged down in
  3. to wander about destitute; to be stranded

Wiktionary

  1. 沉沦、堕落。
  2. 漂泊流离。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 沦 lún
  1. to sink (into ruin, oblivion)
  2. to be reduced to
2 落 luò
  1. to fall or drop
  2. (of the sun) to set
  3. (of a tide) to go out
  4. to lower
  5. to decline or sink
  6. to lag or fall behind
  7. to fall onto
  8. to rest with
  9. to get or receive
  10. to write down
  11. whereabouts
  12. settlement

Containing this entry

同是天涯沦落人 tóngshìtiānyálúnluòrén

Related entries

退化 tuìhuà
  1. to degenerate
  2. atrophy
堕 duò
  1. to fall; to sink
  2. (fig.) to degenerate
堕落 duòluò
  1. to degrade
  2. to degenerate
  3. to become depraved
  4. corrupt
  5. a fall from grace
在思想的領域中, 荒誕和墮落仍然主宰著世界, 它們的操控只是短時間地被暫停。

In the sphere of thought, absurdity and perversity remain the masters of the world, and their dominion is suspended only for brief periods.

Source: Tatoeba

变坏 biànhuài
  1. to get worse
  2. to degenerate
退行 tuìxíng
  1. to recede
  2. to degenerate
  3. to regress
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