落花流水
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]fallen flower petals; falling blossoms | flowing water; something flowing rapidly, continually or irreversibly like water | ||
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trad. (落花流水) | 落花 | 流水 | |
simp. #(落花流水) | 落花 | 流水 | |
Literally: “falling blossoms and flowing water”. |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: luòhualióushuěi
- Wade–Giles: lo4-hua1-liu2-shui3
- Yale: lwò-hwā-lyóu-shwěi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luohhualioushoei
- Palladius: лохуалюшуй (loxualjušuj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /lu̯ɔ⁵¹ xu̯ä⁵⁵ li̯oʊ̯³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: lok6 faa1 lau4 seoi2
- Yale: lohk fā làuh séui
- Cantonese Pinyin: lok9 faa1 lau4 soey2
- Guangdong Romanization: log6 fa1 leo4 sêu2
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɔːk̚² faː⁵⁵ lɐu̯²¹ sɵy̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
[edit]落花流水
- (of late spring) in decline; waning
- desolate; dilapidated
- (by extension) utterly defeated; in a sorry state
Japanese
[edit]Kanji in this term | |||
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落 | 花 | 流 | 水 |
らく > らっ Grade: 3 |
か Grade: 1 |
りゅう Grade: 3 |
すい Grade: 1 |
on'yomi |
Etymology
[edit]Literally, “falling flowers, flowing water”, 落花 (rakka) + 流水 (ryūsui)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]落花流水 • (rakkaryūsui) ←らくくゎりうすい (rakukwariusui)?
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