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HSK
to rain
HSK 1
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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
afternoon / CL: 個|个 / p.m.
HSK 1
under / the underside / below
HSK 1
next time
HSK 1
below / under / next / the following / also pr. [xia4 mian5]
HSK 3
to boil noodles
HSK 3
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 download / also pr. [xia4zai4]
HSK 4
to decline / to drop / to fall / to go down / to decrease
HSK 4
to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc)
HSK 1
to finish work; to get off work / next service (train, bus etc)
HSK 1
to go down / to descend / to go on / to continue / (of a servant) to withdraw
HSK 3
in a short while / all at once / all of a sudden
HSK 5
the top and bottom of sth / the full vertical extent of sth; from top to bottom / to go up and down / before and after (as in 上下文 "context") / (used after a quantity) approximately; ... or so / (in a social hierarchy) the high and the low; seniors and juniors (as in 上下和睦 "harmony between superiors and subordinates") / all members of a group (as in 舉國上下|举国上下 "the entire nation") / relative superiority (as in 不相上下 "evenly matched")
HSK 5
next week
HSK 2
to sit down
HSK 1
to snow
HSK 2
that level or lower / that amount or less / the following
HSK 2
to leave behind / to stay behind / to remain / to keep / not to let (sb) go
HSK 2
to lay down; to put down / to let go of; to relinquish; to set aside / to lower (the blinds etc)
HSK 2
to finish class / to get out of class / (fig.) (esp. of a sports coach) to be dismissed / to be fired
HSK 1
under / beneath / less than
HSK 5
next month
HSK 4
to remain; to be left over
HSK 5
as follows
HSK 5
to go downstairs
HSK 4
underground / subterranean / covert
HSK 4
the location below sth / afterwards
HSK 3
to stop
HSK 4
erhua form of 一下
HSK 1
land under heaven / the whole world / the whole of China / realm / rule
HSK 6
to adjust downwards / to lower (prices, wages etc)
HSK 7-9
below zero (esp. temperature)
HSK 2
(of a guard, sentry etc) to come off duty / (of a worker) be to laid off
HSK 7-9
low ranking / low level / underclass / subordinate
HSK 7-9
to fall / to tumble
HSK 7-9
to accept / to take / next / following
HSK 2
immediately / at once / at that moment / at the moment
HSK 7-9
(anatomy) hypopharynx
to swallow (food or drink)
the next generation
HSK 7-9
to collapse / to topple over
HSK 7-9
subconscious mind
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
next period (week, month or quarter etc)
HSK 7-9
basement / cellar
HSK 6
(medicine) hypopharyngeal cancer
(after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try) / all at once; suddenly
second (of two parts) / next (week etc) / subsequent / the following
to go down a hill / (of the sun or moon) to set
HSK 7-9
to demote / to pass down to a lower unit
lower reaches (of a river) / lower level / lower echelon / downstream
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
afternoon tea (light afternoon meal, typically pastries with tea or coffee)
the next life
to start and finish work
the next one
to play chess
HSK 7-9
to go to the countryside
HSK 7-9
equally matched / about the same
HSK 7-9
last third of the month
HSK 7-9
(textual) context
to give an order; to issue an order
HSK 7-9
to compete against / to measure oneself against / to go head to head (see who is best)
at sixes and sevens / perturbed state of mind / in a mess
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
sewer
(of trains) down (i.e. away from the capital) / (of river boats) to travel downstream / to issue (a document) to lower bureaucratic levels / (of writing on the page) vertical, proceeding from top to bottom
downstairs
HSK 1
to determine / to resolve
HSK 7-9
to place an order; to order
underneath / below / the underside / world of mortals / to descend to the world of mortals (of gods)
to transmit to lower levels; to issue (a command, decree etc)
countryside / rural area / CL: 個|个
HSK 7-9
downstream / to go into the water / to put into water / to launch (a ship) / fig. to fall into bad ways / to lead astray / to go to pot
offal / viscera / tripe
down / downward
underscore _ / underline
to sink down
there are no poor soldiers under a good general (idiom)
to fall / to drop
whereabouts / to drop / to fall
HSK 7-9
to arrange / to lay out
the entire nation / the whole country, from the leadership to the rank and file
in front of one's eyes / in full view as a panorama / right now
subscript / suffix / index
lower abdomen
groundwater
HSK 7-9
throughout the world
to develop rapidly after abrupt turn (idiom); dramatic change
second half of a game or contest
(of animals) to give birth / to foal, to whelp etc
dish that goes well with alcoholic drinks; snack eaten with drinks
not to know one's place
lit. to pull sb into the water / to involve sb in a messy business / to get sb into trouble
quickly and effortlessly (idiom)
bunk bed
the next stop (of a bus etc)
to bury / to inter

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