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落后

luòhòu

“To fall behind” in Chinese is 落后 (luòhòu).

Meaning

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

Example

我们落后于原定计划。

We're behind schedule.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

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