Word Definition - 名落孙山

míng luò sūn shān lit. to fall behind Sun Shan 孫山|孙山[sūn shān] (who came last in the imperial examination) (idiom); fig. to fail an exam; to fall behind (in a competition)

Individual Character Details

名 míng
落 là, lào, luò
孙 sūn, sūn
山 shān, shān