fall behind in Chinese
落后 Traditional 落後
HSK 3.0 · Level 3 - to fall behind
- to lag (in technology etc)
- backward
- to retrogress
Example sentences
- Are you sure that Tom is behind this?
- rénshēng 人生 shì 是 yī 一 cì 次 chángpǎo 长跑 ， zànshí 暂时 de 的 luòhòu 落后 hé 和 lǐngxiān 领先 dōu 都 bù 不 suàn 算 shénme 什么 。Life is like a marathon, where short-term gains and losses are not significant in and of themselves.
Other words for fall behind
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to fall behind; to drop out
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to suffer a defeat; to fail; to fall behind
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lit. to fall behind Sun Shan 孙山 (Sūn Shān) (who came last in the imperial examination) (idiom); fig. to fail an exam; to fall behind (in a competition)
4 entries in ChineseDict list "fall behind" as a meaning.