淪落 [沦－]

Jyutping leon4 lok6
Pinyin lún luò

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to degenerate
  2. impoverished
  3. to fall (into poverty)
  4. to be reduced (to begging)
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    轉到​去​一​啲​明顯​差​好多​嘅​處​境
    to be reduced to; to end up in a much worse situation
    • 佢以前係百萬富翁，但係後尾因為爛賭，晚年竟然淪落到要做乞兒仔。
      佢以前系百万富翁，但系后尾因为烂赌，晚年竟然沦落到要做乞儿仔。
      keoi5 ji5 cin4 hai6 baak3 maan6 fu3 jung1, daan6 hai6 hau6 mei1 jan1 wai6 laan6 dou2, maan5 nin4 ging2 jin4 leon4 lok6 dou3 jiu3 zou6 hat1 ji1 zai2.
      He was a millionaire in the past, but later because of his gambling addiction, he ended up a beggar in his old age.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to sink into; to fall into; to land oneself in; to get bogged down in
  2. verb
    to wander about destitute; to be stranded
  3. verb
    to languish; to decay; to decline; to wane; to be at a low ebb
    (syn.) 陵替, 替, 衰落, 露渣, 败落, 没落, 衰敗, 式微, 零落, 破落, 衰微, 衰败, 敗落, 沒落
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    佢以前系百万富翁，但系后尾因为烂赌，晚年竟然沦落到要做乞儿仔。
    佢以前係百萬富翁，但係後尾因為爛賭，晚年竟然淪落到要做乞兒仔。
    keoi5 ji5 cin4 hai6 baak3 maan6 fu3 jung1, daan6 hai6 hau6 mei1 jan1 wai6 laan6 dou2, maan5 nin4 ging2 jin4 leon4 lok6 dou3 jiu3 zou6 hat1 ji1 zai2.
    • He was a millionaire in the past, but later because of his gambling addiction, he ended up a beggar in his old age.
  2. Cantonese
    佢最后沦落到呢个境地，都系自己攞嚟。
    佢最後淪落到呢個境地，都係自己攞嚟。
    keoi5 zeoi3 hau6 leon4 lok6 dou3 ni1 go3 ging2 dei6, dou1 hai6 zi6 gei2 lo2 lei4.
    • He has only himself to blame for engaging in this miserable situation.