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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
next time
HSK 1
below / under / next / the following / also pr. [xia4 mian5]
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 decline / to drop / to fall / to go down / to decrease
HSK 4
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
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
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
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
under / beneath / less than
HSK 5
to remain; to be left over
HSK 5
to boil noodles
HSK 3
next week
HSK 2
as follows
HSK 5
to download / also pr. [xia4zai4]
HSK 4
underground / subterranean / covert
HSK 4
to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc)
HSK 1
the location below sth / afterwards
HSK 3
to stop
HSK 4
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
below zero (esp. temperature)
HSK 2
to fall / to tumble
HSK 7-9
to accept / to take / next / following
HSK 2
(anatomy) hypopharynx
the next generation
HSK 7-9
to collapse / to topple over
HSK 7-9
next month
HSK 4
downstairs
HSK 1
to start / to put one's hand to / to set about / the seat to the right of the main guest
HSK 7-9
erhua form of 一下
HSK 1
to go downstairs
HSK 4
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
to go down a hill / (of the sun or moon) to set
HSK 7-9
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)
to start and finish work
to play chess
HSK 7-9
equally matched / about the same
HSK 7-9
last third of the month
HSK 7-9
(textual) context
the end / to conclude
to give an order; to issue an order
HSK 7-9
at sixes and sevens / perturbed state of mind / in a mess
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
underneath / below / the underside / world of mortals / to descend to the world of mortals (of gods)
to swallow (food or drink)
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
to determine / to resolve
HSK 7-9
to sink down
to place an order (commerce)
to fall / to drop
whereabouts / to drop / to fall
HSK 7-9
to arrange / to lay out
in front of one's eyes / in full view as a panorama / right now
to go to the kitchen (to prepare a meal) / to cook
low ranking / low level / underclass / subordinate
HSK 7-9
lower abdomen
groundwater
HSK 7-9
throughout the world
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
Lixia district of Jinan city 濟南市|济南市, Shandong
(of animals) to give birth / to foal, to whelp etc
dish that goes well with alcoholic drinks; snack eaten with drinks
lit. a thousand mile journey begins with the first step / fig. big accomplishments come from an accumulation of little achievements made one by one
not to know one's place
lit. when the nest is upset no egg is left intact (idiom) / fig. when one falls in disgrace the whole family is doomed
your distinguished self / your majesty / sire
lit. to pull sb into the water / to involve sb in a messy business / to get sb into trouble
the next stop (of a bus etc)
to place an order; to order
to bury / to inter
the next one
The higher ups have policies while the lower downs have their own ways of getting around them. (idiom)
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
to pour / to pour down (of rain) / to lay a bet
subconscious mind
HSK 7-9
countryside / rural area / CL: 個|个
HSK 7-9
to take on (a responsibility)
to wait a moment / later / in awhile
not feel ashamed to ask and learn from one's subordinates
HSK 7-9
second half
second half of a game or contest
(of a guard, sentry etc) to come off duty / (of a worker) be to laid off
HSK 7-9

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