落后

Pinyin: luòhòu

to fall behind; backward; to lag (in technology etc); to retrogress

🏮 Chinese HSK 6 verbadjective

Example sentence

骄傲使人落后。

Jiāo'ào shǐ rén luòhòu.

Pride goes before a fall.

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What 落后 means

落后 (luòhòu) is a Chinese word meaning “to fall behind; backward; to lag (in technology etc); to retrogress”. It appears in the HSK 6 collection.

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Words and levels: HSK Examination Syllabus (2025), Center for Language Education and Cooperation · meanings: CC-CEDICT · example sentences: Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR) · Dictionary-derived data: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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