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  *低* | 低* | *低
low / beneath / to lower (one's head) / to let droop / to hang down / to incline
HSK 2
to be lower than
HSK 5
to reduce; to lower; to bring down
HSK 4
low temperature
HSK 6
low pitch / quiet (voice) / subdued / low-key / low-profile
HSK 7-9
(attributive) low-carbon; low-carb (diet)
HSK 7-9
low price
HSK 7-9
to underestimate; to underrate
HSK 7-9
to bow the head / to yield / to give in
HSK 6
blurred (landscape etc) / low (spirits) / in a slump (economy)
HSK 7-9
to be on the low side; to be inadequate (e.g. of a salary)
low fat
low interest
incapable / incompetent / stupid / mentally deficient
man seeks his way up just as water seeks its way down (idiom) / one should constantly strive to make progress
a low fever (up to 38°C)
low-gluten flour / cake flour / pastry flour / soft flour
low level of spending; small expenditure
to lower / to reduce
lower animal / primitive life-form
low level / rudimentary / vulgar / low / inferior
short / low
low-end
bass
low pressure / low voltage
double bass / contrabass
low marks / low score
(finance) (of the price of a security etc) to open lower than the previous closing price
mid-to-low-range
low level
to lower (one's voice)
hypoglycemia (medicine)
lowland
low-interest
to just scrape through with a narrow pass (in an exam)
cheap / inexpensive / low
low status / lowly / to lower (one's head)
HSK 7-9
inferior quality / substandard / low-grade
inferior
(of a certain group of people, e.g. recreational drug users) to become younger, on average, than before
low-grade / of low worth or rank / poor quality / inferior
in a whisper / in a low voice (idiom)
low level
low income
amused by even the weakest joke / ready to laugh at the smallest thing
downcast; gloomy / to decline; to get worse
vulgarization
in a low voice / softly
mental retardation
height; level; (music) pitch / relative superiority / propriety; discretion (usu. in the negative, e.g. 不知高低) / no matter what; just; simply (will not ..., must ... etc) / at long last
HSK 7-9
to have high standards but little ability / to be fastidious but incompetent (idiom)
low consumption (energy, fuel etc)
servile
vulgar / poor taste
meager (wages) / humble (social status) / feeble (voice)
low-lying
valley / trough (as opposed to peaks) / fig. low point / lowest ebb / nadir of one's fortunes
HSK 7-9
lowest point / nadir
inefficient / ineffective
subwoofer
lowly; humble / cheap; inexpensive
low speed
subsistence allowance / welfare (abbr. for 城市居民最低生活保障)
alternately soaring and plunging
HSK 7-9
low gear / bottom gear
(idiom) (of people in a small town etc) to cross paths regularly
low cost / inexpensive
low tide / low ebb
low-dimensional (math.)
to lower / to be humble
low pressure / depression (meteorology)
to act like a snob
to droop / to hang low
low yield
oligomer (chemistry)
an octave lower (music)
crawl high, step low (idiom); unprincipled crawling, flattering one's superiors and trampling on one's juniors / toadying and bullying
(music) bass voice
low fidelity / lo-fi
a lower grade (in a school) (e.g. 1st or 2nd year); the lower division (of a school etc)
darkness fell (falls, had fallen etc)
retarded child / moron / idiot
low-grade fever (37.3–38°C)
hilly (geography)
to bow one's head in acknowledgment of guilt / to admit one's guilt
low-top (shoes)
low-paid workers in industries that offer jobs for the unskilled / derogatory-sounding abbr. for 低端產業從業人口|低端产业从业人口
mutter
low-cut neckline
can't reach the high or accept the low (idiom); not good enough for a high post, but too proud to take a low one
ups and down / rise and fall
low-enriched uranium (LEU)
BASE Jumping
low-level (computer) language
uneven bars (gymnastics)
vulgar style (used of items to be censored)
new low
too low

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