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落水

luòshuǐ

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

(by extension) to soak the cloth before making clothes
(figurative) to fall into a trap
(figurative) to sink into depravity
(literary or dialectal) to fall into the water
to fall into a trap
to fall into the water
to sink into depravity
to soak the cloth before making clothes

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Entry Composition

to fall or drop
(of the sun) to set
(of a tide) to go out
to lower
to decline or sink
to lag or fall behind
to fall onto
to rest with
to get or receive
to write down
whereabouts
settlement

water
(after a name) ... River
to swim (used mostly in 會水 huìshuǐ and 水性 shuǐxìng)
(coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy
(bound form) additional cost; extra income
classifier for washings of a garment

Containing this entry

落水狗上岸

luòshuǐgǒushàngàn

like a dog who fell in the river and climbs out—shaking all over

drainpipe
water spout

落水的鳳凰不如雞

luòshuǐdefènghuángbùrújī

痛打落水狗

tòngdǎluòshuǐgǒu

泥菩薩落水

nípúsàluòshuǐ

Related entries

to sink
to settle

to sink
to fall

to sink (into ruin, oblivion)
to be reduced to

to sink
to drown

to subside
to sink
to cave in

to submerge
to immerse
to sink
to keep down
to lower
to drop
deep
profound
heavy

It sank.

Source: Tatoeba

pitfall
trap
to get stuck
to sink
to cave in
to frame (false charge)
to capture (a city in battle)
to fall (to the enemy)
defect

這輛車陷在泥裡了。

The car got stuck in the mud.

Source: Tatoeba