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败落
bàiluò
Description
"败落"的意思是家庭、家族或者事业慢慢变穷、变弱，不像以前那么好了。
"败落" means that a family, clan, or business gradually becomes poorer and weaker, not as good as before.
我们常用它来说一个以前很有钱的家族后来变得穷困。
We often use it to describe a family that was once wealthy but later became poor.
Meanings
败落bàiluò
to decline; to go downhill (of family, fortune)
这个家族后来慢慢败落了。
This family gradually declined later on.
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Notes
- Etymology
败 (defeat, ruin) + 落 (fall, drop), together meaning to fall into ruin.
- Nuance
often describes once-wealthy families or estates declining over time.
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