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落后

luò hòu

HSK 3 · word 1703 of 3,000

Meaning

• to fall behind
• to lag (in technology etc)
• backward

Example sentence

Characters in 落后

• 落 luò to fall or drop
• 后 hòu back

落 to fall plus 后, behind. Falling behind, used of people, regions and technology.

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