| | to decline / to drop / to fall / to go down / to decrease | HSK 4 |
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| | below / under / next / the following / also pr. [xia4 mian5] | HSK 3 |
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| | to rain | HSK 1 |
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| | in a short while / all at once / all of a sudden | HSK 5 |
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| | 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 |
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| | (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try) / all at once; suddenly | |
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| | 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 |
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| | afternoon tea (light afternoon meal, typically pastries with tea or coffee) | |
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| | to start and finish work | |
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| | 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 |
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| | 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 |
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| | the end / to conclude | |
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| | at sixes and sevens / perturbed state of mind / in a mess | |
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| | next time | HSK 1 |
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| | sewer | |
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| | (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 | |
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| | to go down / to descend / to go on / to continue / (of a servant) to withdraw | HSK 3 |
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| | underneath / below / the underside / world of mortals / to descend to the world of mortals (of gods) | |
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| | to fall / to tumble | HSK 7-9 |
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| | 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 | |
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| | offal / viscera / tripe | |
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| | down / downward | |
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| | to sink down | |
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| | to place an order (commerce) | |
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| | to fall / to drop | |
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| | the next generation | HSK 7-9 |
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| | under / beneath / less than | HSK 5 |
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| | to arrange / to lay out | |
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| | to collapse / to topple over | HSK 7-9 |
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| | in front of one's eyes / in full view as a panorama / right now | |
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| | to go to the kitchen (to prepare a meal) / to cook | |
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| | lower abdomen | |
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| | to remain; to be left over | HSK 5 |
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| | throughout the world | |
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| | Lixia district of Jinan city 濟南市|济南市, Shandong | |
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| | (of animals) to give birth / to foal, to whelp etc | |
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| | dish that goes well with alcoholic drinks; snack eaten with drinks | |
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| | lit. a thousand mile journey begins with the first step / fig. big accomplishments come from an accumulation of little achievements made one by one | |
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| | not to know one's place | |
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| | lit. when the nest is upset no egg is left intact (idiom) / fig. when one falls in disgrace the whole family is doomed | |
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| | your distinguished self / your majesty / sire | |
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| | to start / to put one's hand to / to set about / the seat to the right of the main guest | HSK 7-9 |
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| | lit. to pull sb into the water / to involve sb in a messy business / to get sb into trouble | |
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| | the next stop (of a bus etc) | |
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| | to place an order; to order | |
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| | to bury / to inter | |
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| | to finish work; to get off work / next service (train, bus etc) | HSK 1 |
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| | the next one | |
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| | The higher ups have policies while the lower downs have their own ways of getting around them. (idiom) | |
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| | one who does not fear the death of thousand cuts will dare to unhorse the emperor (proverb) / to a fearless person, no fence is high enough | |
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| | to pour / to pour down (of rain) / to lay a bet | |
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| | to take on (a responsibility) | |
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| | to wait a moment / later / in awhile | |
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| | second half | |
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| | to finish class / to get out of class / (fig.) (esp. of a sports coach) to be dismissed / to be fired | HSK 1 |
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| | next period (week, month or quarter etc) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | second half of a game or contest | |
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| | as follows | HSK 5 |
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| | land under heaven / the whole world / the whole of China / realm / rule | HSK 6 |
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| | downhill | |
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| | to go down a hill / (of the sun or moon) to set | HSK 7-9 |
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| | next week | |
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| | to lay eggs | |
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| | under / the underside / below | HSK 1 |
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| | lower reaches (of a river) / lower level / lower echelon / downstream | HSK 7-9 |
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| | under sb's name | |
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| | 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 |
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| | to play chess | HSK 7-9 |
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| | the Chinese market, excluding first- and second-tier cities | |
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| | to stop | |
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| | next | |
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| | to delegate / to decentralize / to demote a party cadre to work on the shop floor or in the countryside | |
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| | equally matched / about the same | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to unload | |
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| | Panasonic Corporation (formerly Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.) | |
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| | last third of the month | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc) | |
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| | lit. start off leniently (idiom); please do not be too strict with me / Do not judge me too harshly. / Look favorably on my humble efforts. | |
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| | to issue (a memorandum etc) to lower levels / to distribute (e.g. disaster relief to victims) | |
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| | to snow | HSK 2 |
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| | that level or lower / that amount or less / the following | HSK 2 |
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| | to give an order; to issue an order | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to put poison in sth / to poison | |
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| | afternoon | |
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| | Tales from 5000 Years of Chinese History in three volumes by Cao Yuzhang 曹餘章|曹余章 | |
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| | (idiom) to be out of breath; to gasp for air | |
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| | (greeting) good afternoon | |
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| | to droop / to sag / to hang down / sagging / drooping / prolapse (medicine) | |
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| | unaccounted / unknown whereabouts | |
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| | lower chamber (of legislative body) / lower house / the House of Commons | |
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| | lower house (of parliament) | |
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| | pedestrian underpass | |
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| | minor divinity concerned with marriage / matchmaker / go-between | |
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| | to take off (trousers) / to drop one's pants | |
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| | to write down | |
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| | to have no room to put sth / to be unable to let go | |
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| | right in front of sb's eyes / right under sb's nose / current / at the moment | |
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| | to slide down (a slope etc) / (fig.) to decline | |
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