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落后

luò hòu

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 落後

落后 (luò hòu) means "to fall behind; backward". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 落后 means

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

The characters in 落后

• 落luòto fall or drop; (of the sun) to set; (of a tide) to go out
• 后hòuempress; queen; (archaic) monarch

Example sentences

• 骄傲使人落后。
  Pride goes before a fall.
• 你确定汤姆落后这个？
  Nǐ quèdìng Tāngmǔ luòhòu zhège?
  Are you sure that Tom is behind this?
• 我们落后于原定计划。
  Wǒmen luòhòu yú yuándìng jìhuà.
  We're behind schedule.
• 为什么我们进度这么落后?
  Wèishénme wǒmen jìndù zhème luòhòu?
  Why are we so behind on this?
• 我们应该读报纸以免落后于时代。
  Wǒmen yīnggāi dú bàozhǐ yǐmiǎn luòhòu yú shídài.
  We should read the newspaper so as not to lag behind the times.
• 我们应该读报纸，不落后于时代。
  We should read the newspaper so as not to lag behind the times.

Words containing 落后

• 经济落后jīng jì luò hòueconomically backward
• 刀不磨要生锈，人不学要落后dāo bù mó yào shēng xiù , rén bù xué yào luò hòu(proverb) a blade will get rusty if it is not sharpened…
• 虚心使人进步，骄傲使人落后xū xīn shǐ rén jìn bù , jiāo ào shǐ rén luò hòumodesty leads to progress, arrogance makes you fall behind (quote of Mao Zedong)

Where 落后 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Results, Progress & Development (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read luò hòu correctly.
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