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落水

luò shuǐ

2-character word

What 落水 means

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

The characters in 落水

• 落luòto fall or drop; (of the sun) to set; (of a tide) to go out
• 水shuǐwater; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 会水

Example sentences

• 他们救了这个落水的男孩。
  Tāmen jiù le zhège luòshuǐ de nánhái.
  They rescued the boy from drowning.

Words starting with 落水

• 落水管luò shuǐ guǎndrainpipe; water spout
• 落水狗上岸luò shuǐ gǒu shàng ànlike a dog who fell in the river and climbs out—shaking all over

Words containing 落水

• 打落水狗dǎ luò shuǐ gǒulit. to beat a drowning dog (idiom); fig. to pulverize an (already defeated) enemy…