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名落孫山 (名落孙山)

míng luò Sūn Shān

Definition

  1. (lit.) to fall behind Sun Shan 孫山 (who came last in the imperial examination) (idiom)
  2. (fig.) to fail an exam
  3. to fall behind (in a competition)

Character Decomposition

名
=
夕
+
口
落
=
艹
+
洛
孫
=
子
+
系
山
=
丨
+
凵

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