流落

liúluò

verb #18,578

Meanings

1 to wander about destitute
2 to be stranded
3 to end up in (a bad situation)

Characters

to flow; to drift

to fall; to decline

Examples

他流落街头，无家可归。

Tā liúluò jiētóu, wújiākěguī.

He wandered the streets, homeless.

战争让很多人流落他乡。

Zhànzhēng ràng hěn duō rén liúluò tāxiāng.

War caused many people to be stranded far from home.

Tips

usage

流落街头 (liúluò jiētóu, to be homeless on the streets) and 流落他乡 (liúluò tāxiāng, to be stranded in a foreign land) are the most common collocations.

Stroke Order

流 liú

落 luò