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HSK
to decline / to drop / to fall / to go down / to decrease
HSK 4
below / under / next / the following / also pr. [xia4 mian5]
HSK 3
to rain
HSK 1
in a short while / all at once / all of a sudden
HSK 5
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
(after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try) / all at once; suddenly
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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 tea (light afternoon meal, typically pastries with tea or coffee)
to start and finish work
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
(textual) context
afternoon / CL: 個|个 / p.m.
HSK 1
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
the end / to conclude
at sixes and sevens / perturbed state of mind / in a mess
next time
HSK 1
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
to go down / to descend / to go on / to continue / (of a servant) to withdraw
HSK 3
underneath / below / the underside / world of mortals / to descend to the world of mortals (of gods)
to fall / to tumble
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
to sink down
to place an order (commerce)
to fall / to drop
the next generation
HSK 7-9
under / beneath / less than
HSK 5
to arrange / to lay out
to collapse / to topple over
HSK 7-9
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
lower abdomen
to remain; to be left over
HSK 5
throughout the world
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
to start / to put one's hand to / to set about / the seat to the right of the main guest
HSK 7-9
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
to finish work; to get off work / next service (train, bus etc)
HSK 1
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
to take on (a responsibility)
to wait a moment / later / in awhile
second half
to finish class / to get out of class / (fig.) (esp. of a sports coach) to be dismissed / to be fired
HSK 1
next period (week, month or quarter etc)
HSK 7-9
second half of a game or contest
as follows
HSK 5
land under heaven / the whole world / the whole of China / realm / rule
HSK 6
downhill
to go down a hill / (of the sun or moon) to set
HSK 7-9
next week
to lay eggs
under / the underside / below
HSK 1
lower reaches (of a river) / lower level / lower echelon / downstream
HSK 7-9
under sb's name
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 play chess
HSK 7-9
the Chinese market, excluding first- and second-tier cities
to stop
next
to delegate / to decentralize / to demote a party cadre to work on the shop floor or in the countryside
equally matched / about the same
HSK 7-9
to unload
Panasonic Corporation (formerly Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.)
last third of the month
HSK 7-9
to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc)
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.
to issue (a memorandum etc) to lower levels / to distribute (e.g. disaster relief to victims)
to snow
HSK 2
that level or lower / that amount or less / the following
HSK 2
to give an order; to issue an order
HSK 7-9
to put poison in sth / to poison
afternoon
Tales from 5000 Years of Chinese History in three volumes by Cao Yuzhang 曹餘章|曹余章
(idiom) to be out of breath; to gasp for air
(greeting) good afternoon
to droop / to sag / to hang down / sagging / drooping / prolapse (medicine)
unaccounted / unknown whereabouts
lower chamber (of legislative body) / lower house / the House of Commons
lower house (of parliament)
pedestrian underpass
minor divinity concerned with marriage / matchmaker / go-between
to take off (trousers) / to drop one's pants
to write down
to have no room to put sth / to be unable to let go
right in front of sb's eyes / right under sb's nose / current / at the moment
to slide down (a slope etc) / (fig.) to decline

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