Definition
流落 means to be forced to wander from place to place due to poverty or misfortune, often alone and without a home. It is a literary or formal verb, commonly used in phrases like 流落街头 (to wander the streets destitute) or 流落异乡 (to be stranded in a foreign land).
v.
to wander destituteto be forced to wander in poverty
Examples
- ，。Tā zài zhànluàn zhōng liú luò jiētóu, wú jiā kě guī.He ended up wandering the streets destitute during the war, homeless.
- 流落，。Hěnduō nànmín liú luò yìxiāng, shēnghuó shífēn jiānnán.Many refugees were stranded in foreign lands, living in extreme hardship.
- 流落，。Tā niánqīng shí liú luò sìfāng, kào dǎ línggōng wéishēng.When he was young, he wandered about destitute, living by doing odd jobs.
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