落榜

luòbǎng

verb #42,836

Meanings

1 to fail an entrance exam
2 to fail to make the list of successful candidates

Characters

to fall; to drop

list of names posted in public

Examples

HSK 4

他去年高考落榜了，今年还想再考一次。

Tā qùnián gāokǎo luòbǎng le, jīnnián hái xiǎng zài kǎo yí cì.

He failed the gaokao last year and wants to sit it again this year.

HSK 5

落榜不等于失败，人生还有很多条路可以走。

Luòbǎng bù děngyú shībài, rénshēng hái yǒu hěnduō tiáo lù kěyǐ zǒu.

Failing the exam is not failing in life; there are many other roads you can take.

Tips

history

榜 is the list of successful candidates posted on a wall after the imperial exams. Having your name on it was 金榜题名; 落榜, "falling off the list", meant failing. 落第 is the older, literary word.

Stroke Order

落 luò

榜 bǎng