隕落
simp陨落wan5 lok6yǔn luò
English
- to fall down
- to decay
- to fall from the sky
- to die
- (esp. of meteors) to fall from the sky (rarely used) ----
- euphemism of celebrity passing away, recession of a place, closing of enterprise
粵語 — Cantonese
- 流星由太空中跌入大氣層,燃燒殆盡,好少噉用
- 引伸意義,名人去世,繁榮地方嘅衰退,公司倒閉
Examples
巨星張國榮嘅隕落令好多歌迷心痛不已。
The death of the famous star Leslie Cheung broke the hearts of his many fans.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk