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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
to collapse / to topple over
HSK 7-9
downstairs
HSK 1
(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
at sixes and sevens / perturbed state of mind / in a mess
down / downward
to fall / to drop
to arrange / to lay out
in front of one's eyes / in full view as a panorama / right now
throughout the world
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. 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
your distinguished self / your majesty / sire
countryside / rural area / CL: 個|个
HSK 7-9
to take on (a responsibility)
to wait a moment / later / in awhile
under sb's name
by comparison
HSK 7-9
to fall / to drop / to land (of projectile)
HSK 7-9
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 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
equally matched / not much to distinguish who is stronger
privately / secretly / confidentially
if you ride a tiger, it's hard to get off (idiom); fig. impossible to stop halfway
lower left
in a fit of pique / in a fury
to collapse
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)
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
the entire nation / the whole country, from the leadership to the rank and file
to hang down
in a moment of desperation
quickly and effortlessly (idiom)
you (used to a superior or between persons of the same generation) / below the foot
mental retardation
immediately / at once / at that moment / at the moment
HSK 7-9
Your Majesty (honorific) / His or Her Highness
to set up / to establish
under the water / submarine
rivers pour away by the day (idiom); going from bad to worse / deteriorating day by day
public morals are degenerating with each passing day (idiom)
(expr.) hold the feudal overlord and you control the whole country
under / myself (humble)
now / at this moment
to attack for a long time without success
to fluctuate sharply
remaining
at the knee (in reference to children) / (salutation used in letters to parents or grandparents)
to be nothing difficult / to be a cinch
lower right
to cast away
to withdraw / to remove (from a place) / to remove from office
to establish; to set (a new record)
to swallow whole / (fig.) to swallow (lies etc)
(idiom) to work for the common good beyond one's own interests
to squat down / to crouch
to underline / to mark
the sun sets in the west (idiom)
to throw down / to dump / to abandon / thrown down
to run everything (idiom); to monopolize the whole business / not allow anyone else to have a look in
soldiers at the city walls (idiom); fig. at a critical juncture
to arrest / to capture / to seize / to win (a set, a game etc)
to throw down / to drop (bomb)
to compete against / to measure oneself against / to go head to head (see who is best)
to go down south
to dismantle / to take apart
to swallow
top-down
tears falling like rain (idiom)
to seize power / to conquer the world / to establish and expand a business / to carve out a career for oneself
(of rain) to fall heavily
the wording and purport of what one writes

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