落后

luò hòu

HSK 6 verb / adjective

Meaning 释义

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

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In real sentences 真实例句

为什么wèishénme我们wǒmen进度jìndù这么zhème落后luòhòu？

Why are we so behind on this?

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落后luòhòu就要jiùyào挨打áidǎ。

Behind every success is hard work.

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骄傲jiāo'ào使shǐ人rén落后luòhòu。

Pride goes before a fall.

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我们wǒmen应该yīnggāi读dú报纸bàozhǐ，不bù落后luòhòu于yú时代shídài。

We should read the newspaper so as not to lag behind the times.

Tatoeba #5576845

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