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. 行迹放任，不受拘检。《北史．卷四一．杨敷传》：「素字处道，少落拓有大志，不拘小节。」也作「乐託」、「落托」。
  2. 失意、不得志。明．吴伟业〈临江仙．落拓江湖常载酒〉词：「落拓江湖常载酒，十年重见云英，依然绰约掌中轻。」也作「乐託」、「落泊」、「落薄」、「落托」、「落魄」。
  3. 景物凄凉萧瑟的样子。

重編國語辭典

  1. 性情和行为放浪；不拘小节
  2. 景物凄凉
  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

落拓不羁 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
穷蹙 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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