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destitute
impoverished
ruined
An encouraging word to those who are down can help them out but a discouraging word can kill them.
Rather than falling or failing, you may have good days or better days or not so good days.

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Open the tool →落魄 (luò pò) means “down and out, destitute, impoverished, ruined”.
落魄 is pronounced luò pò in Mandarin Chinese.
“down and out” is 落魄 (luò pò) in Chinese.
This page has 2 example sentences using 落魄, each with pinyin and an English translation.