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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 reduce; to lower; to bring down
HSK 4
to be lower than
HSK 5
low temperature
HSK 6
to bow the head / to yield / to give in
HSK 6
low pitch / quiet (voice) / subdued / low-key / low-profile
HSK 7-9
blurred (landscape etc) / low (spirits) / in a slump (economy)
HSK 7-9
low status / lowly / to lower (one's head)
HSK 7-9
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
low price
HSK 7-9
to underestimate; to underrate
HSK 7-9
valley / trough (as opposed to peaks) / fig. low point / lowest ebb / nadir of one's fortunes
HSK 7-9
alternately soaring and plunging
HSK 7-9
(attributive) low-carbon; low-carb (diet)
HSK 7-9
to lower (one's voice)
low-gluten flour / cake flour / pastry flour / soft flour
low pressure / low voltage
in a low voice / softly
low level
downcast; gloomy / to decline; to get worse
low level / rudimentary / vulgar / low / inferior
a lower grade (in a school) (e.g. 1st or 2nd year); the lower division (of a school etc)
(of weather) overcast; gloomy / (of a voice) low and deep / low-spirited; downcast
to lower / to reduce
low tide / low ebb
mutter
incapable / incompetent / stupid / mentally deficient
inferior
to belittle / to disparage / to play down / to demean / to degrade / to devalue
low blood pressure
cheap / inexpensive / low
bass
low speed
lowly; humble / cheap; inexpensive
low-grade / of low worth or rank / poor quality / inferior
hypoglycemia (medicine)
lowland
to act like a snob
to sink / to settle
a low fever (up to 38°C)
double bass / contrabass
high and low / uneven (in height) / uneven (of ground)
low yield
(idiom) (of people in a small town etc) to cross paths regularly
(music) bass voice
retarded child / moron / idiot
uneven bars (gymnastics)
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
low pressure / depression (meteorology)
vulgar / poor taste
to bow one's head in acknowledgment of guilt / to admit one's guilt
a low fever (up to 38°C)
low-lying
lower animal / primitive life-form
lowest point / minimum (point)
short / low
inferior quality / substandard / low-grade
low-end
low-interest
meager (wages) / humble (social status) / feeble (voice)
to have high standards but little ability / to be fastidious but incompetent (idiom)
to droop / to hang low
low altitude
to chant softly / to murmur
low hurdles (track event)
inefficient / ineffective
low fat
low consumption (energy, fuel etc)
low-level (computer) language
to be fawningly submissive (idiom)
can't recognize tall or short (idiom); doesn't know what's what
ups and down / rise and fall
low-level (computer) language
servile
low-cut (dress) / plunging (neckline)
low interest
low cost / inexpensive
double bass; contrabass
to just scrape through with a narrow pass (in an exam)
subwoofer
minimum spend (stipulated by a restaurant, bar, club etc) (abbr. for 最低消費|最低消费)
low-top (shoes)
smartphone addicts
new low
low marks / low score
low income
minimum
low-pressure zone / depression (meteorology)
subsistence allowance / welfare (abbr. for 城市居民最低生活保障)
bassoon
docile; submissive
too low
to retard / to decelerate
high in score but low in ability (as a result of teaching to the test)
man seeks his way up just as water seeks its way down (idiom) / one should constantly strive to make progress
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
low cost
low level of spending; small expenditure
low level

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