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HSK
to sit down
HSK 1
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
downstairs
HSK 1
that level or lower / that amount or less / the following
HSK 2
to lay down; to put down / to let go of; to relinquish; to set aside / to lower (the blinds etc)
HSK 2
to leave behind / to stay behind / to remain / to keep / not to let (sb) go
HSK 2
below zero
HSK 2
the location below sth / afterwards
HSK 3
to stop
HSK 4
underground / subterranean / covert
HSK 4
as follows
HSK 5
up and down / top and bottom / old and young / length / about; more or less
HSK 5
under / beneath / less than
HSK 5
to remain; to be left over
HSK 5
land under heaven / the whole world / the whole of China / realm / rule
HSK 6
in private
HSK 7-9
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
to collapse / to topple over
HSK 7-9
immediately / at once / at that moment / at the moment
HSK 7-9
to fall / to drop / to land (of projectile)
HSK 7-9
countryside / rural area / CL: 個|个
HSK 7-9
low status / lowly / to lower (one's head)
HSK 7-9
equally matched / about the same
HSK 7-9
now; at present / (anatomy) subocular
HSK 7-9
by comparison
HSK 7-9
troops under one's command / subordinate
Matsushita (name) / Panasonic (brand), abbr. for 松下電器|松下电器
(after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try) / all at once; suddenly
you (used to a superior or between persons of the same generation) / below the foot
to lay (a foundation) / to conquer (a city etc) / to shoot down (a bird etc)
under the banner of
under / myself (humble)
under sb's name
Lixia district of Jinan city 濟南市|济南市, Shandong
down / downward
Your Majesty / His or Her Majesty
to go down south
to unload
the wording and purport of what one writes
under the skin / subcutaneous (injection)
under the water / submarine
to lodge under another person's roof (idiom); to live relying on sb else's charity
ancient place name, in Anhui province
at present / right now
under the foot
relative superiority (better or worse, stronger or weaker, above or below etc)
lit. a thousand mile journey begins with the first step / fig. big accomplishments come from an accumulation of little achievements made one by one
lower right
remaining
to arrest / to capture / to seize / to win (a set, a game etc)
subordinate / affiliated to / subsidiary
top-down
Yamashita (Japanese surname)
under one's control or administration / subordinates / (money etc) on hand / sb's financial means / when taking action
(of prices, rates etc) to remain high
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
soldiers at the city walls (idiom); fig. at a critical juncture
to lie down
at sixes and sevens / perturbed state of mind / in a mess
underground / in the pit (mining)
to throw down / to drop (bomb)
to develop rapidly after abrupt turn (idiom); dramatic change
to take off (trousers) / to drop one's pants
now / at this moment
in this world / under the sun
to shed silent tears (idiom)
tears falling like rain (idiom)
your distinguished self / your majesty / sire
to set (the tone, a target etc) / to lay down (the beat)
sweating like rain (idiom); to perspire profusely / sweating like a pig
world famous
troops / subordinates / (honorific appellation for a general)
to be nothing difficult / to be a cinch
public morals are degenerating with each passing day (idiom)
to prepare / to arrange (sth to be offered)
to steadily deteriorate
to cast away
official in feudal court / subject
to hang down
quickly and effortlessly (idiom)
at present
the entire nation / the whole country, from the leadership to the rank and file
at a stalemate / deadlocked / in unrelenting mutual opposition
to run everything (idiom); to monopolize the whole business / not allow anyone else to have a look in
lunar new year
twice / for a little while
to deceive one's superiors and bully one's subordinates (idiom)
rivers pour away by the day (idiom); going from bad to worse / deteriorating day by day
offline / below the line
mud and sand flow together (idiom) / good and bad mingle
to give birth to
to purchase (sth expensive, e.g. a house); to acquire (a company, a copyright etc)
to make a promise
ready to take any job, high or low
this time
to throw down / to dump / to abandon / thrown down
to take off; to remove (one's hat, a door from its hinges etc) / to pick (a piece of fruit from a tree etc) / (sports) to pick off (a rebound etc)
to accept / to receive

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