| 名落孙山 |
míng luò Sūn Shān |
lit. to fall behind Sun Shan 孙山 (who came last in the imperial examination) (idiom) / fig. to fail an exam / to fall behind (in a competition) |
| 名 |
míng |
name / noun (part of speech) / place (e.g. among winners) / famous / classifier for people |
| 落 |
là |
to leave out / to be missing / to leave behind or forget to bring / to lag or fall behind |
| 落 |
lào |
colloquial reading for 落 in certain compounds |
| 落 |
luò |
to fall or drop / (of the sun) to set / (of a tide) to go out / to lower / to decline or sink / to lag or fall behind / to fall onto / to rest with / to get or receive / to write down / whereabouts / settlement |
| 孙 |
Sūn |
surname Sun |
| 孙 |
sūn |
grandson / descendant |
| 孙山 |
Sūn Shān |
Sun Shan, Song Dynasty joker and talented scholar |
| 山 |
Shān |
surname Shan |
| 山 |
shān |
mountain; hill (CL:座) / (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on |