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HSK
to sit down
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
to rain
HSK 1
next time
HSK 1
to finish class / to get out of class / (fig.) (esp. of a sports coach) to be dismissed / to be fired
HSK 1
under / the underside / below
HSK 1
to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc)
HSK 1
afternoon / CL: 個|个 / p.m.
HSK 1
downstairs
HSK 1
erhua variant of 一下
HSK 1
to finish work; to get off work / next service (train, bus, etc)
HSK 1
that level or lower / that amount or less / the following
HSK 2
to snow
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 lay down; to put down / to let go of; to relinquish; to set aside / to lower (the blinds etc)
HSK 2
to accept / to take / next / following
HSK 2
below / under / next / the following / also pr. [xia4 mian5]
HSK 3
to boil noodles
HSK 3
to go down / to descend / to go on / to continue / (of a servant) to withdraw
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
the location below sth / afterwards
HSK 3
to decline / to drop / to fall / to go down / to decrease
HSK 4
to download / also pr. [xia4zai4]
HSK 4
to stop
HSK 4
underground / subterranean / covert
HSK 4
to go downstairs
HSK 4
next month
HSK 4
as follows
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
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
land under heaven / the whole world / the whole of China / realm / rule
HSK 6
basement / cellar
HSK 6
to fall / to tumble
HSK 7-9
subconscious mind
HSK 7-9
(of objects) to fall / to drop / to droop / (medicine) to experience tenesmus
HSK 7-9
whereabouts / to drop / to fall
HSK 7-9
lower reaches (of a river) / lower level / lower echelon / downstream
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
to collapse / to topple over
HSK 7-9
subordinate / underling
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
immediately / at once / at that moment / at the moment
HSK 7-9
(of a guard, sentry etc) to come off duty / (of a worker) be to laid off
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
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
to fall / to drop / to land (of projectile)
HSK 7-9
to go to the countryside
HSK 7-9
low ranking / low level / underclass / subordinate
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
countryside / rural area / CL: 個|个
HSK 7-9
low status / lowly / to lower (one's head)
HSK 7-9
equally matched / about the same
HSK 7-9
next period (week, month or quarter etc)
HSK 7-9
not feel ashamed to ask and learn from one's subordinates
HSK 7-9
now; at present / (anatomy) subocular
HSK 7-9
to play chess
HSK 7-9
to give an order; to issue an order
HSK 7-9
last third of the month
HSK 7-9
to have real skill / to know one's stuff
HSK 7-9
to adjust downwards / to lower (prices, wages etc)
HSK 7-9
in private
HSK 7-9
the next generation
HSK 7-9
to determine / to resolve
HSK 7-9
variant of 下工夫
HSK 7-9
groundwater
HSK 7-9
to go down a hill / (of the sun or moon) to set
HSK 7-9
by comparison
HSK 7-9
to arrange / to lay out
this time
to vomit and have diarrhea
(idiom) from bottom to top; from the grass roots up; bottom-up
to shed silent tears (idiom)
down-pointing arrow
you (used to a superior or between persons of the same generation) / below the foot
at sixes and sevens / perturbed state of mind / in a mess
troops under one's command / subordinate
to take off (clothing)
(greeting) good afternoon
to sink down
inferior nasal conchae
to transmit to lower levels; to issue (a command, decree etc)
(slang) (of a person or manner) off-putting / (slang) to feel put off
lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom) / fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children / sandwich generation
to slide down (a slope etc) / (fig.) to decline
double subscript / doubly indexed
awkward / embarrassed / cannot be accomplished
(after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try) / all at once; suddenly
to be at a disadvantage
following
to lay (a foundation) / to conquer (a city etc) / to shoot down (a bird etc)
(of sales, prices etc) to fall / to drop / decline / slump
afternoon
under the banner of
chin
to arrest / to capture / to seize / to win (a set, a game etc)
Second book of Samuel

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