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

HSK 5

战争让很多人流落他乡。

Zhànzhēng ràng hěnduō rén liúluò tāxiāng.

War caused many people to be stranded far from home.

HSK 7-9

他流落街头，无家可归。

Tā liúluò jiētóu, wújiākěguī.

He wandered the streets, homeless.

Tips

usage

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

Stroke Order

流 liú

落 luò