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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
to sit down
HSK 1
downstairs
HSK 1
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
that level or lower / that amount or less / the following
HSK 2
the location below sth / afterwards
HSK 3
underground / subterranean / covert
HSK 4
to stop
HSK 4
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
under / beneath / less than
HSK 5
to remain; to be left over
HSK 5
as follows
HSK 5
land under heaven / the whole world / the whole of China / realm / rule
HSK 6
immediately / at once / at that moment / at the moment
HSK 7-9
equally matched / about the same
HSK 7-9
in private
HSK 7-9
to fall / to drop / to land (of projectile)
HSK 7-9
low status / lowly / to lower (one's head)
HSK 7-9
now; at present / (anatomy) subocular
HSK 7-9
countryside / rural area / CL: 個|个
HSK 7-9
to collapse / to topple over
HSK 7-9
by comparison
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 establish; to set (a new record)
to collapse
lower right
to arrest / to capture / to seize / to win (a set, a game etc)
to have no room to put sth / to be unable to let go
Second book of Samuel
to take on (a responsibility)
Second book of Chronicles
no respect for seniors / lacking in manners
to seize power / to conquer the world / to establish and expand a business / to carve out a career for oneself
under sb's name
(after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try) / all at once; suddenly
down / downward
lower left
to lay (a foundation) / to conquer (a city etc) / to shoot down (a bird etc)
quickly and effortlessly (idiom)
underarm / armpit
your distinguished self / your majesty / sire
under the banner of
this time
to let drip / to trickle down / to shed (tears)
to go down south
to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc)
under one's control or administration / subordinates / (money etc) on hand / sb's financial means / when taking action
Your Majesty (honorific) / His or Her Highness
under the foot
Your Majesty / His or Her Majesty
to accept / to receive
to kneel down
at present / right now
remaining
to press down / to press a button
lunar new year
relative superiority (better or worse, stronger or weaker, above or below etc)
to unload
troops / subordinates / (honorific appellation for a general)
to abandon
equally matched / not much to distinguish who is stronger
to set (the tone, a target etc) / to lay down (the beat)
subordinate / affiliated to / subsidiary
to underline / to mark
troops under one's command / subordinate
under the skin / subcutaneous (injection)
to be nothing difficult / to be a cinch
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 lodge under another person's roof (idiom); to live relying on sb else's charity
to fall / to drop
to shed tears while recounting sth / speaking in a tearful voice
if you ride a tiger, it's hard to get off (idiom); fig. impossible to stop halfway
soldiers at the city walls (idiom); fig. at a critical juncture
to steadily deteriorate
to set up / to establish
to shed silent tears (idiom)
(idiom) famous throughout the land; renowned far and wide
to throw down / to drop (bomb)
lit. can pick it up or put it down (idiom) / fig. to take what comes / to meet gains or losses with equanimity
to fluctuate sharply
(old) one's wife
to inspire awe throughout the empire (idiom)
the sun sets in the west (idiom)
to pacify the country
Lixia district of Jinan city 濟南市|济南市, Shandong
offline / below the line
(idiom) to work for the common good beyond one's own interests
Kinoshita (Japanese surname)
under the jurisdiction of
right in front of sb's eyes / right under sb's nose / current / at the moment
in this world / under the sun
imperial capital (city)
to hold / to admit / to accommodate / to tolerate
to quarrel endlessly
tears falling like rain (idiom)
(idiom) from top to bottom; top-down
to deceive one's superiors and bully one's subordinates (idiom)

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