- lit. to fall behind Sun Shan 孫山|孙山[Sun1 Shan1] (who came last in the imperial examination) (idiom)
- fig. to fail an exam
- to fall behind (in a competition)
Characters
- 名 (名): name; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners); famous; classifier for people
- 落 (落): to leave out; to be missing; to leave behind or forget to bring; to lag or fall behind
- 孙 (孫): surname Sun
- 山 (山): surname Shan
Resources
- Wiktionary: 名落孙山
- MDBG: 名落孙山
- Examples with 名落孙山 on Tatoeba
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