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名落孙山

Word

lit. to fall behind Sun Shan 孙山 (Sūn Shān) (who came last in the imperial examination) (idiom)

Traditional
名落孫山

míng luò sūn shān

ming2luo4sun1shan1

Meaning

  1. lit. to fall behind Sun Shan 孙山 (Sūn Shān) (who came last in the imperial examination) (idiom) CC-CEDICT
  2. fig. to fail an exam CC-CEDICT
  3. to fall behind (in a competition) CC-CEDICT

Characters in 名落孙山

名míng落luò孙sūn山shān
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