| | 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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| | 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 sit down | HSK 1 |
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| | that level or lower / that amount or less / the following | HSK 2 |
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| | to leave behind / to stay behind / to remain / to keep / not to let (sb) go | HSK 2 |
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| | to lay down; to put down / to let go of; to relinquish; to set aside / to lower (the blinds etc) | HSK 2 |
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| | under / beneath / less than | HSK 5 |
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| | to remain; to be left over | HSK 5 |
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| | as follows | HSK 5 |
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| | underground / subterranean / covert | HSK 4 |
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| | the location below sth / afterwards | HSK 3 |
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| | to stop | HSK 4 |
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| | land under heaven / the whole world / the whole of China / realm / rule | HSK 6 |
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| | below zero (esp. temperature) | HSK 2 |
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| | immediately / at once / at that moment / at the moment | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to collapse / to topple over | HSK 7-9 |
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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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| | equally matched / about the same | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to compete against / to measure oneself against / to go head to head (see who is best) | |
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| | at sixes and sevens / perturbed state of mind / in a mess | |
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| | downstairs | HSK 1 |
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| | countryside / rural area / CL: 個|个 | HSK 7-9 |
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| | down / downward | |
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| | to fall / to drop | |
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| | to arrange / to lay out | |
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| | the entire nation / the whole country, from the leadership to the rank and file | |
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| | in front of one's eyes / in full view as a panorama / right now | |
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| | throughout the world | |
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| | to develop rapidly after abrupt turn (idiom); dramatic change | |
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| | not to know one's place | |
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| | quickly and effortlessly (idiom) | |
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| | in a fit of pique / in a fury | |
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| | to establish; to set (a new record) | |
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| | to take on (a responsibility) | |
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| | to wait a moment / later / in awhile | |
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| | to purchase (sth expensive, e.g. a house); to acquire (a company, a copyright etc) | |
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| | under sb's name | |
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| | by comparison | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to fall / to drop / to land (of projectile) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | tears falling like rain (idiom) | |
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| | to unload | |
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| | to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc) | |
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| | in private | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to take off (trousers) / to drop one's pants | |
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| | now; at present / (anatomy) subocular | HSK 7-9 |
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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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| | remaining | |
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| | equally matched / not much to distinguish who is stronger | |
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| | to abandon | |
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| | twice / for a little while | |
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| | privately / secretly / confidentially | |
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| | lower left | |
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| | to collapse | |
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| | subordinate / affiliated to / subsidiary | |
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| | off the stage / in the audience | |
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| | low status / lowly / to lower (one's head) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (of prices, rates etc) to remain high | |
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| | sweating like rain (idiom); to perspire profusely / sweating like a pig | |
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| | to lay (a foundation) / to conquer (a city etc) / to shoot down (a bird etc) | |
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| | the sun sets in the west (idiom) | |
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| | to write down | |
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| | lit. can pick it up or put it down (idiom) / fig. to take what comes / to meet gains or losses with equanimity | |
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| | to accept / to receive | |
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| | to hang down | |
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| | in a moment of desperation | |
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| | you (used to a superior or between persons of the same generation) / below the foot | |
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| | 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 |
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| | 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 | |
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| | mental retardation | |
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| | (idiom) to make everyone's lives better | |
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| | Your Majesty (honorific) / His or Her Highness | |
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| | to set up / to establish | |
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| | (idiom) famous throughout the land; renowned far and wide | |
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| | under the water / submarine | |
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| | rivers pour away by the day (idiom); going from bad to worse / deteriorating day by day | |
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| | to be nothing difficult / to be a cinch | |
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| | to take off (clothing) | |
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| | to deceive one's superiors and bully one's subordinates (idiom) | |
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| | under / myself (humble) | |
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| | to attack for a long time without success | |
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| | to fluctuate sharply | |
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| | at present / right now | |
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| | (falling or suspended) head downwards; headfirst; headlong | |
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| | no respect for seniors / lacking in manners | |
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| | to bear (give birth) | |
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| | at the knee (in reference to children) / (salutation used in letters to parents or grandparents) | |
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| | public morals are degenerating with each passing day (idiom) | |
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| | lower right | |
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| | to cast away | |
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| | to withdraw / to remove (from a place) / to remove from office | |
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| | to shed tears while recounting sth / speaking in a tearful voice | |
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| | your distinguished self / your majesty / sire | |
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| | (of rain) to fall heavily | |
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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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| | to go underground / to turn to secret activities | |
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| | (idiom) to work for the common good beyond one's own interests | |
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| | now / at this moment | |
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