落水

luòshuǐ
  1. to fall into water
  2. to sink
  3. overboard
  4. fig. to degenerate
  5. to sink (into depravity)
  6. to go to the dogs

CEDICT

  1. (by extension) to soak the cloth before making clothes
  2. (figurative) to fall into a trap
  3. (figurative) to sink into depravity
  4. (literary or dialectal) to fall into the water
  5. to fall into a trap
  6. to fall into the water
  7. to sink into depravity
  8. to soak the cloth before making clothes

Wiktionary

  1. 跌入水中。
  2. 比喻掉入圈套，中計。
  3. 比喻墮落。
  4. 做衣服之前先將布料浸水，以防止作好衣服後布料縮水變形。

重編國語辭典

  1. 上貨
  2. 下雨
  3. 墮落
  4. 掉入水中
  5. 掉入陷阱
  6. 浸泡布料之後做成衣服
  7. 進入水中

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 水 shuǐ
  1. water
  2. (after a name) ... River
  3. to swim (used mostly in 會水 huìshuǐ and 水性 shuǐxìng)
  4. (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy
  5. (bound form) additional cost; extra income
  6. 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
落水管 luòshuǐguǎn
  1. drainpipe
  2. water spout
落水的鳳凰不如雞 luòshuǐdefènghuángbùrújī
痛打落水狗 tòngdǎluòshuǐgǒu
泥菩薩落水 nípúsàluòshuǐ

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低陷 dīxiàn
  1. to sink
  2. to settle
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沉落 chénluò
  1. to sink
  2. to fall
淪 lún
  1. to sink (into ruin, oblivion)
  2. to be reduced to
淪沒 lúnmò
  1. to sink
  2. to drown
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