落拓

luòtuò
  1. down and out
  2. in dire straits
  3. unrestrained
  4. unconventional

CEDICT

  1. (literary or Zhangzhou Hokkien) in dire straits; down and out
  2. (literary) lonely; desolate
  3. (literary) untrammelled by convention; casual; unconventional
  4. in dire straits; down and out
  5. lonely; desolate
  6. untrammelled by convention; casual; unconventional

Wiktionary

  1. 行跡放任，不受拘檢。《北史．卷四一．楊敷傳》：「素字處道，少落拓有大志，不拘小節。」也作「樂託」、「落托」。
  2. 失意、不得志。明．吳偉業〈臨江仙．落拓江湖常載酒〉詞：「落拓江湖常載酒，十年重見雲英，依然綽約掌中輕。」也作「樂託」、「落泊」、「落薄」、「落托」、「落魄」。
  3. 景物淒涼蕭瑟的樣子。

重編國語辭典

  1. 性情和行為放浪；不拘小節
  2. 景物淒涼
  3. 潦倒，失意不得志

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 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
2 拓 tuò
  1. to expand
  2. to push sth with the hand
  3. to develop
  4. to open up

Containing this entry

落拓不羈 luòtuòbùjī (idiom) unconventional; uninhibited; free-spirited

Related entries

落托 luòtuō
  1. down and out
  2. in dire straits
  3. unrestrained
  4. unconventional
落泊 luòbó
  1. down and out
  2. in dire straits
  3. unrestrained
  4. unconventional
落魄 luòpò
  1. down and out
  2. in dire straits
  3. unrestrained
  4. unconventional
  5. also pr. luòtuò
窮蹙 qióngcù
  1. hard-up
  2. in dire straits
  3. desperate
三旬九食 sānxúnjiǔshí
  1. lit. to have only nine meals in thirty days (idiom)
  2. fig. (of a family) on the brink of starvation
  3. in dire straits
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