落难

落難

luònàn

verb #28,781

Meanings

1 to meet with misfortune
2 to fall into dire straits
3 to be in distress

Characters

to fall; to drop

disaster; hardship; calamity

Examples

英雄落难，路见不平，众人相助。

Yīngxióng luònàn, lù jiàn bù píng, zhòng rén xiāng zhù.

The hero fell on hard times; seeing the injustice, people came to his aid.

她在异乡落难，无依无靠。

Tā zài yīxiāng luònàn, wúyīwúkào.

She fell into dire straits in a foreign land, with no one to rely on.

Tips

usage

落难 often appears in stories and narrative contexts to describe a protagonist who has lost their former status and is now in danger or hardship. It has a literary, classical flavor compared to the plain 遇难 (yùnàn, to meet with disaster/death).

Stroke Order

落 luò

难 nán