沦落

Traditional form:

淪落

Pinyin (reading):

lúnluò

Definitions:

• to degenerate
• impoverished
• to fall (into poverty)
• to be reduced (to begging)

Characters:

• 沦 - sunk, submerged; to perish, to be lost
• 落 - to fall, to drop; surplus, net income

Traditional characters:

• 淪 - sunk, submerged; to perish, to be lost
• 落 - to fall, to drop; surplus, net income