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着落

zhuó luò

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 著落

着落 (zhuó luò) means "whereabouts; place to settle; reliable source (of funds etc)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 着落 means

1. whereabouts
2. place to settle
3. reliable source (of funds etc)
4. (of responsibility for a matter) to rest with sb
5. settlement
6. solution

The characters in 着落

• 着zheaspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state
• 落luòto fall or drop; (of the sun) to set; (of a tide) to go out

Example sentences

• 今日在德国，反暴力集会着落到了德国的很多城市，包括周一在汉堡附近一场纵火袭击中3名突厥人被杀害的地方。
  Jīnrì zài Déguó, fǎn bàolì jíhuì zhuóluò dào le Déguó de hěn duō chéngshì, bāokuò Zhōuyī zài hànbǎo fùjìn yī chǎng zònghuǒ xíjī zhōng 3 míng Tūjué rén bèi shāhài de dìfang.
  In Germany today, anti-violence rallies took place in several cities, including one near Hamburg where three Turks were killed in an arson attack on Monday.

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