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落後

luò hòu

B1 Level 5 ★ Core word
Transitive process verb

落後 (luò hòu) is a Chinese word meaning “to fall behind”. It sits at TOCFL Level 5 (CEFR B1) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard, where it is marked a core word.

Definition

  1. to fall behind
  2. to lag (in technology etc)
  3. backward
  4. to retrogress

Stroke order

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Example

我們球隊上半場落後了。

Our team fell behind in the first half.

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).