落花流水

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): luòhuāliúshuǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄨㄚㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lok⁶ faa¹ lau⁴ seoi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: luòhuāliúshuǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄨㄚㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luohhualioushoei
  - IPA ^(key): /lu̯ɔ⁵¹ xu̯a̠⁵⁵ li̯oʊ̯³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: lok⁶ faa¹ lau⁴ seoi²
  - Yale: lohk fā làuh séui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lok⁹ faa¹ lau⁴ soey²
  - Guangdong Romanization: log⁶ fa¹ leo⁴ sêu²
  - IPA ^(key): /lɔːk̚² fɑː⁵⁵ lɐu̯²¹ sɵy̯³⁵/

Idiom

落花流水

to be in a sorry state
to be utterly defeated

Japanese

Kanji in this term
落	花	流	水
らく > らっ Grade: 3	か Grade: 1	りゅう Grade: 3	すい Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɾa̠k̚ka̠ɾʲɨᵝːsɨᵝi]

Noun

落花流水 (hiragana らっかりゅうすい, rōmaji rakkaryūsui)

mutual love

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