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落后

luò hòu · luo hou

Traditional 落後

HSK 3Old HSK 5

Meaning

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  1. to fall behind
  2. to lag (in technology etc)
  3. backward
  4. to retrogress
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In a conversation

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The old man is faster

  1. Liangliang

    灯灯(dēngdēng)，你(nǐ)落后(luòhòu)了(le)！

    Dengdeng, you are falling behind!

  2. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)不想(bùxiǎng)落后(luòhòu)，我(wǒ)加油(jiāyóu)！

    I don't want to fall behind. Here I go!

  3. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)前面(qiánmiàn)只有(zhǐyǒu)一个(yīgè)人(rén)。

    There is only one person in front of you.

  4. Dengdeng

    谁(shéi)？

    Who?

  5. Liangliang

    是(shì)一位(yīwèi)老爷爷(lǎoyéye)，你(nǐ)比(bǐ)他(tā)落后(luòhòu)十米(shímǐ)！

    An old grandpa. You are ten meters behind him!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)们(men)应(yīng)该(gāi)读(dú)报(bào)纸(zhǐ)，不(bú)落(luò)后(hòu)于(yú)时(shí)代(dài)。

We should read the newspaper so as not to lag behind the times.

Tatoeba: Chinese by verdastelo9604 · English by auxitt · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

为(wèi)什(shén)么(me)我(wǒ)们(men)进(jìn)度(dù)这(zhè)么(me)落(luò)后(hòu)?

Why are we so behind on this?

Tatoeba: Chinese by rayshih715 · English by rayshih715 · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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The characters

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落
luò

to fall or drop; (of the sun) to set

后
hòu

back; behind

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