遗落 (wèi) — to lose, to leave behind, to discard (formal/literary)
Definition
遗落 (yíluò) is a formal/literary verb meaning 'to leave behind / to be lost' — it focuses on accidentally leaving something somewhere, not active discarding. Read as one unit; tone is written, not colloquial.
verb
to loseto leave behindto discard (formal/literary)
Examples
- 遗落。Tā zài sàn bù shí bù xiǎo xīn wèi le yào shi.He accidentally lost his keys while taking a walk.
- 遗落。Nà xiē gǔ lǎo de xí sú yǐ jīng wèi zài le lì shǐ zhōng.Those ancient customs have been lost to history.
- 遗落，。Tā wèi le tóng nián de mèng xiǎng, biàn de lěng mò wú qíng.He abandoned his childhood dreams and became cold and indifferent.
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