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下场

xiàchǎng

outcome; end; fate

A downcast man stands alone while others walk away from him
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Characters in this word

下 xià

Strokes
3
Radical
一 — one
Made of
一 one 卜 divination, fortune-telling
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

场 chǎng

Strokes
6
Radical
土 — soil, earth
Made of
土 soil, earth 勿 must not, do not
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 场

Example phrases

  • 如果企业长期欺骗消费者,最终难免落得被市场抛弃的下场。 Rúguǒ qǐyè chángqī qīpiàn xiāofèizhě, zuìzhōng nánmiǎn luòdé bèi shìchǎng pāoqì de xiàchǎng. If a company deceives consumers for a long time, it will eventually end up being abandoned by the market.
  • 他不听大家的劝告,最后落得这样的下场。 Tā bù tīng dàjiā de quàngào, zuìhòu luòde zhèyàng de xiàchǎng. He did not listen to everyone's advice, and in the end this is the fate he met.
  • 他整天挥霍钱财,落得一无所有的下场。 Tā zhěngtiān huīhuò qiáncài, luòde yī wú suǒyǒu de xiàchǎng. He squandered his money day after day and ended up with nothing at all.

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