沦落

淪落

lúnluò

verb #13,856

Meanings

1 to degenerate; to fall (into poverty or disgrace)
2 to be reduced to (begging, etc.); to sink to

Characters

to sink; to decline

to fall; to drop

Examples

他沦落到街头乞讨。

Tā lúnluò dào jiētóu qǐtǎo.

He was reduced to begging on the streets.

一个好人怎么会沦落到这个地步？

Yígè hǎorén zěnme huì lúnluò dào zhège dìbù?

How could a good person sink to this level?

Tips

grammar

沦落 is typically followed by 到 to indicate what state someone has fallen to: 沦落到...的地步 (to sink to the point of...).

Stroke Order

沦 lún

落 luò