liáo dǎo

潦倒 (liáo dǎo) is a Chinese word meaning “down on one's luck; in straitened circumstances; disappointed; frustrated”.

Meanings

  1. 1down on one's luck; in straitened circumstances; disappointed; frustrated

Characters in 潦倒

潦lǎo · flooded倒dǎo · to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally

Related words

倒to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally倒to invert; to place upside down or frontside back倒霉to have bad luck倒数to count backwards (from 10 down to 0)倒数inverse number倒下to collapse摔倒to fall down倒是contrary to what one might expect打倒to overthrow击倒to knock down颠倒to turn upside down晕倒to faint

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