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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
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
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
as follows
HSK 5
underground / subterranean / covert
HSK 4
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
below zero (esp. temperature)
HSK 2
immediately / at once / at that moment / at the moment
HSK 7-9
to collapse / to topple over
HSK 7-9
(after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try) / all at once; suddenly
equally matched / about the same
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
downstairs
HSK 1
countryside / rural area / CL: 個|个
HSK 7-9
down / downward
to fall / to drop
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
throughout the world
to develop rapidly after abrupt turn (idiom); dramatic change
not to know one's place
quickly and effortlessly (idiom)
in a fit of pique / in a fury
to establish; to set (a new record)
to take on (a responsibility)
to wait a moment / later / in awhile
to purchase (sth expensive, e.g. a house); to acquire (a company, a copyright etc)
under sb's name
by comparison
HSK 7-9
to fall / to drop / to land (of projectile)
HSK 7-9
tears falling like rain (idiom)
to unload
to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc)
in private
HSK 7-9
to take off (trousers) / to drop one's pants
now; at present / (anatomy) subocular
HSK 7-9
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
remaining
equally matched / not much to distinguish who is stronger
to abandon
twice / for a little while
privately / secretly / confidentially
lower left
to collapse
subordinate / affiliated to / subsidiary
off the stage / in the audience
low status / lowly / to lower (one's head)
HSK 7-9
(of prices, rates etc) to remain high
sweating like rain (idiom); to perspire profusely / sweating like a pig
to lay (a foundation) / to conquer (a city etc) / to shoot down (a bird etc)
the sun sets in the west (idiom)
to write down
lit. can pick it up or put it down (idiom) / fig. to take what comes / to meet gains or losses with equanimity
to accept / to receive
to hang down
in a moment of desperation
you (used to a superior or between persons of the same generation) / below the foot
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
lit. to paint holding two brushes (idiom); fig. to work on two tasks at the same time / to attack one problem from two angles at the same time
mental retardation
(idiom) to make everyone's lives better
Your Majesty (honorific) / His or Her Highness
to set up / to establish
(idiom) famous throughout the land; renowned far and wide
under the water / submarine
rivers pour away by the day (idiom); going from bad to worse / deteriorating day by day
to be nothing difficult / to be a cinch
to take off (clothing)
to deceive one's superiors and bully one's subordinates (idiom)
under / myself (humble)
to attack for a long time without success
to fluctuate sharply
at present / right now
(falling or suspended) head downwards; headfirst; headlong
no respect for seniors / lacking in manners
to bear (give birth)
at the knee (in reference to children) / (salutation used in letters to parents or grandparents)
public morals are degenerating with each passing day (idiom)
lower right
to cast away
to withdraw / to remove (from a place) / to remove from office
to shed tears while recounting sth / speaking in a tearful voice
your distinguished self / your majesty / sire
(of rain) to fall heavily
lit. a thousand mile journey begins with the first step / fig. big accomplishments come from an accumulation of little achievements made one by one
to go underground / to turn to secret activities
(idiom) to work for the common good beyond one's own interests
now / at this moment

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