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(*ㄌㄠˋ [lao4] in many coll. usages).
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村落 a village;
下落 whereabouts: 下落不明，不知下落 whereabouts unknown;
告一段落 (of affairs) a chapter has been concluded, a stage of development closed.
(2) A lot: 一落兒 ([yi2lao4er0]) 書，一落兒碟子 a stack of books, dishes.
(3) A hedge: 籬落.
落花，落英 fallen petals;
打得落花流水 route the enemy completely;
落日 setting sun;
落下來 drop down;
落淚 shed tears;
落雨，落雪 it rains, snows;
落膽 lose heart, frightened out of one's wits;
落髮 drop off hair, hair falls;
落髮為僧 shave one's head and become a monk;
落胎 have, or cause, an abortion;
落湯雞 drenched through, like chicken drenched and about to be feathered;
落湯螃蟹 helpless like crab in steaming pot;
落井（
）下石 to throw rocks in after a man has fallen into well (trap)－strike man when he is down;落水 (of person, ship) go into the water, (woman) become prostitute.
(2) (Pr. *[lao4] or [luo4]) fall, come down on: 落在地上 drop to the ground;
鳥落在房上 bird alights on the roof;
落第六名 name comes out in sixth place;
名落孫山 (phr. allu.) fail in civil examination－name comes out behind the last name, that of Sun Shan;
see 落第，落選 [luo4di4]2, [luo4xUan3]↓.
(3) (As vb. suffix or as adv.) off, down: 脫落 shed off: 失落 lose (a handkerchief, watch);
遺落 drop out (by mistake);
降落 descend;
墜落 sink into, drop down, degenerate;
殂落，隕落 die, fallen upon bad times, unsuccessful, withered;
衰落 declined;
凋落 withered;
淪落 degenerate;
流落 drift about without fixed profession;
沒落 (of fame, movement) die out, be forgotten, decline.
(4) To drop out by mistake: 落了一個字 a word has been dropped out;
落禮兒 a mistake or oversight in courtesy;
落神 be absentminded.
(5) To result in, end up in: 落圈套 fall into trap;
這封信落到他手 this letter has fallen into his hand;
落空 (plans, endeavors) end up in nothing;
落難 get into trouble, in distress;
(*[lao4]) receive comment: 落褒貶 receive criticism;
落不是 be condemned, criticised as wrong;
落好兒 receive favorable comment;
除開消以外落了幾塊錢 made a few dollars after expenses;
落了不少油水 made a lot on the side as commission.
(6) To set (ink, brush in writting, painting): 落筆 to set pen on paper in given manner or style;
落墨 set ink;
落款 (*[lao4]) to put signature to scroll, including artist's name and that of recipient possibly also date;
落賬 ([lao4]) enter item in account.
(7) To stay, stop over: 落棧 (coll.) stop at an inn for the night;
落腳兒 (coll.) stop for a rest;
落炕 sick confined to bed.
(8) (*[lao4]) To drop down, drop out: 落價 come down in price;
to fade: 落色 fade in color;
([luo4]) to drop out of elections, army, tests, see 落選，落伍，落第 [luo4xUan3], [luo4wu3], [luo4di4]2↓;
drop behind, 落後 [luo4hou4].↓.
零零落落 bits here and there;
寥落 thinly populated.
2.落成 [luo4cheng2], v.i., (of buildings) completed: 落成典禮 inauguration ceremony of new building.
3.落地 [luo4di4]1, (1) be born: 落地為兄弟 are born brothers; [luo4di4]1, (2) (*[lao4di4]) touching the ground: 落地燈 floor lamp; 落地窗 French window; 落地式收音機 cabinet or console type radio set (as against desk type).
4.落第 [luo4di4]2, v.i., fail in civil examinations.
5.落後 [luo4hou4], v.i., fall behind in work; adj., behind times (in thinking), backward: 落後國家 underdeveloped countries.
6.落花生 [luo4hua1sheng1], n., peanut.
7.落荒 [luo4huang1], n., take to the wilds: 落荒而逃 be a fugitive from justice.
8.落價 *[lao4jia4]1, v.i., come down in price.
9.落架 *[lao4jia4]2, v.i., (of family) fall apart, decline.
10.落葵 [luo4kui2], n., (bot.) malaba nightshade, Basella rubra.
11.落空 [luo4kong1], v.i., end up in nothing, suffer loss.
12.落落 [luo4luo4], adj., as in 落落大方 very poised and dignified; 落落寡合 socially aloof; 零零落落 in piecemeal fashion.
13.落寞 [luo4mo4], adj., (1) aloof, alone; (2) off and on, in piecemeal fashion.
14.落腮鬍（子） [luo4sai1hu2] ([zi0]), n., whiskers on cheeks.
15.落選 [luo4xUan3], v.i., fail to be elected or in competitive examinations.
16.落體 [luo4ti3], n., (phys.) a falling body.
17.落草 [luo4cao3] (*[lao4cao3]), v.i., to join the bandits: 落草為寇 turn to banditry.
18.落魄 [luo4tuo4] (also pr., [luo4po4], wr. also 落泊 [luo4po4]), adj., (1) down and out, be a failure, down-hearted; (2) ([luo4tuo4] usu. wr. 落拓), unconventional, going one's own way.
19.落子 *[lao4zi0], (1) as in 落子館兒 equiv. to cheap amusement park where singing, vaudeville shows are given; *[lao4zi0], (2) means of living: 窮得都沒落子了 without means of subsistence.
20.落伍 [luo4wu3], v.i., drop behind others, become outdated, see [luo4hou4]↑.
21.落葉樹 [luo4ye4shu4], n., deciuous trees.