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  *下* | 下* | *下
down / downwards / below / lower / later / next (week etc) / second (of two parts) / to decline / to go down / to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) / measure word to show the frequency of an action
HSK 1
to finish work; to get off work / next service (train, bus, etc)
HSK 1
afternoon / CL: 個|个 / p.m.
HSK 1
next time
HSK 1
to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc)
HSK 1
to sit down
HSK 1
downstairs
HSK 1
to rain
HSK 1
to finish class / to get out of class / (fig.) (esp. of a sports coach) to be dismissed / to be fired
HSK 1
erhua variant of 一下
HSK 1
under / the underside / below
HSK 1
to lay down; to put down / to let go of; to relinquish; to set aside / to lower (the blinds etc)
HSK 2
to leave behind / to stay behind / to remain / to keep / not to let (sb) go
HSK 2
next week
HSK 2
below zero
HSK 2
to snow
HSK 2
that level or lower / that amount or less / the following
HSK 2
to accept / to take / next / following
HSK 2
to come down / (completed action marker) / (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.) / (indicates continuation from the past towards us) / to be harvested (of crops) / to be over (of a period of time) / to go among the masses (said of leaders)
HSK 3
to go down / to descend / to go on / to continue / (of a servant) to withdraw
HSK 3
the location below sth / afterwards
HSK 3
below / under / next / the following / also pr. [xia4 mian5]
HSK 3
to boil noodles
HSK 3
to download / also pr. [xia4zai4]
HSK 4
to go downstairs
HSK 4
underground / subterranean / covert
HSK 4
next month
HSK 4
to stop
HSK 4
to decline / to drop / to fall / to go down / to decrease
HSK 4
up and down / top and bottom / old and young / length / about; more or less
HSK 5
in a short while / all at once / all of a sudden
HSK 5
under / beneath / less than
HSK 5
to remain; to be left over
HSK 5
as follows
HSK 5
basement / cellar
HSK 6
land under heaven / the whole world / the whole of China / realm / rule
HSK 6
to leave (the stage, an exam room, the playing field etc) / to take part in some activity / to take an examination (in the imperial examination system)
HSK 7-9
in private
HSK 7-9
countryside / rural area / CL: 個|个
HSK 7-9
immediately / at once / at that moment / at the moment
HSK 7-9
to fall / to tumble
HSK 7-9
to fall / to drop / to land (of projectile)
HSK 7-9
to go to the countryside
HSK 7-9
to give an order; to issue an order
HSK 7-9
subconscious mind
HSK 7-9
low status / lowly / to lower (one's head)
HSK 7-9
now; at present / (anatomy) subocular
HSK 7-9
to start / to put one's hand to / to set about / the seat to the right of the main guest
HSK 7-9
to adjust downwards / to lower (prices, wages etc)
HSK 7-9
groundwater
HSK 7-9
to collapse / to topple over
HSK 7-9
to go out to sea / to enter the sea (to swim etc) / (fig.) to take the plunge (e.g. leave a secure job, or enter prostitution etc)
HSK 7-9
to go down a hill / (of the sun or moon) to set
HSK 7-9
to play chess
HSK 7-9
to determine / to resolve
HSK 7-9
lower reaches (of a river) / lower level / lower echelon / downstream
HSK 7-9
to have real skill / to know one's stuff
HSK 7-9
last third of the month
HSK 7-9
not feel ashamed to ask and learn from one's subordinates
HSK 7-9
by comparison
HSK 7-9
whereabouts / to drop / to fall
HSK 7-9
(of objects) to fall / to drop / to droop / (medicine) to experience tenesmus
HSK 7-9
low ranking / low level / underclass / subordinate
HSK 7-9
(of a guard, sentry etc) to come off duty / (of a worker) be to laid off
HSK 7-9
equally matched / about the same
HSK 7-9
variant of 下工夫
HSK 7-9
next period (week, month or quarter etc)
HSK 7-9
the next generation
HSK 7-9
subordinate / underling
HSK 7-9
to go off the stage / to fall from position of prestige / to step down (from office etc) / to disentangle oneself / to get off the hook
HSK 7-9
lit. to be in a high location, overlooking the scene below (idiom) / fig. to occupy a commanding position / to assume a haughty attitude
HSK 7-9
lower right
next page
underground passage; underpass
to arrest / to capture / to seize / to win (a set, a game etc)
to have no room to put sth / to be unable to let go
leeward / downwind / disadvantageous position / to concede or give way in an argument
next month
(TCM) lower burner, the part of the body within the pelvic cavity (below the navel, including the kidneys, bladder and intestines)
impossible to make a living
afternoon tea (light afternoon meal, typically pastries with tea or coffee)
(after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try) / all at once; suddenly
Member of Parliament (MP) (UK Politics)
sewer
the end / to conclude
to prescribe medicine / to drug; to poison
quickly and effortlessly (idiom)
underarm / armpit
your distinguished self / your majesty / sire
lower part of the body / genitalia / trousers
under the banner of
this time
lower course of a river / low-class / mean and lowly / vulgar / obscene
General Lü Meng 呂蒙|吕蒙 of the southern state of Wu (idiom); model of self-improvement by diligent study (from unlettered soldier to top strategist of Wu)
second half of the year
the next step
lower body / euphemism for genitals / root and stem of plants
underground shopping arcade; underground mall
unaccounted / unknown whereabouts
to go down south

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