落花流水

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Chinese

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fallen flower petals; falling blossoms flowing water; something flowing rapidly, continually or irreversibly like water
trad. (落花流水) 落花 流水
simp. #(落花流水) 落花 流水
Literally: “falling blossoms and flowing water”.

Pronunciation

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Idiom

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落花流水

  1. (of late spring) in decline; waning
  2. desolate; dilapidated
  3. (by extension) utterly defeated; in a sorry state

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
らく > らっ
Grade: 3

Grade: 1
りゅう
Grade: 3
すい
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

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Literally, falling flowers, flowing water, 落花(らっか) (rakka) + 流水(りゅうすい) (ryūsui)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɾa̠k̚ka̠ɾʲɨːsɨi]

Noun

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(らっ)()(りゅう)(すい) (rakkaryūsuiらくくゎりうすい (rakukwariusui)?

  1. falling flowers and flowing water
  2. mutual love