发落

發落
fāluò
verb #24,510

Meanings

  1. 1 to deal with (an offender)
  2. 2 to punish
  3. 3 to dispose of (a case)

Examples

HSK 5
Rúhé fāluò zhèxiē wéifǎzhě, yóu fǎguān juédìng.
It is up to the judge to decide how to deal with these lawbreakers.
HSK 7-9
Huángdì mìng rén jiāng zuìfàn yā rù dàláo, tīnghòu fāluò.
The emperor ordered the criminal to be thrown in prison to await sentencing.

Tips

register
发落 is formal and literary, often appearing in historical contexts or legal/judicial language. In modern speech, 处置 or 处理 are more common equivalents.

Stroke Order

luò