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HSK
to decline / to drop / to fall / to go down / to decrease
HSK 4
to reduce; to lower; to bring down
HSK 4
to cut the price / to drive down the price / to get cheaper
HSK 4
to descend / to land
HSK 4
to surrender
HSK 7-9
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  *降* | 降* | *降
to drop / to fall / to come down / to descend
HSK 4
to become cooler / to lower the temperature / cooling / (of interest, activity etc) to decline
HSK 4
to fall / to drop
to recruit surrendered enemy and deserters (idiom); to gather together a gang of villains
to descend / to arrive / to come
HSK 7-9
lit. one object bests another object / every item has a weakness (idiom) / there is a rock to every scissor, a scissor to every paper, and a paper to every rock
since (some point in the past)
paratroopers
aerial work platform (e.g. cherry picker or scissor lift) / lift / elevator
precipitation / rainfall
(idiom) to kick sb upstairs
to drop from the sky / (fig.) to appear out of nowhere / (attributive) airborne
precipitation (meteorology) / measured quantity of rain
to accept surrender
precipitation / quantity of rainfall
to subside / to cave in / subsidence
nightfall
degree of reduction (in prices, numbers etc) / decline / drop
Advent (Christian period of 4 weeks before Christmas)
potential drop (elec.)
joy from heaven (idiom); overjoyed at unexpected good news / unlooked-for happy event
to force a plane to land
to force sb to surrender
to fall rapidly / to plummet
descending order
parachute
(music) flat (♭)
rising and falling
to surrender / to accept defeat
biodegradation
to lower; to reduce; to cut (prices, interest rates etc)
to vanquish dragons and tigers (idiom)
to parachute into / parachuting
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  *降* | 降* | *降
to surrender; to capitulate / to subdue; to conquer; to tame
surrendered enemy general
(idiom) to fall from the sky / (idiom) (fig.) to appear unexpectedly; to drop into one's lap
(aviation) to land at an alternate airport
to do a parachute jump
precipitation over a large area / widespread rain
to reduce the pressure (of a fluid) / to lower one's blood pressure / to lower (or step down) the voltage
(chemistry) degradation / to degrade
runway (at airport)
Shuangjiang or Frost Descends, 18th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 23rd October-6th November
to lower a flag / to strike the colors
(idiom) to show deference to sb of lower status; to condescend; to deign
rain and snow / precipitation (meteorology)
calcitonin
antihypertensive drug
to lower interest rates
to yield / to surrender
to demote / to relegate / to degrade
to demote (to a lower rank)
to vow to fight to the death
to snow / snowfall
to issue an imperial edict
to decrease gradually / to descend gradually
Pentecost
feigned surrender
lit. to descend to earth (of an immortal) / to be born
to decrease internal heat (Chinese medicine)
brute force overcomes clever tactics
free fall
a surrender ceremony
to ask for sb's surrender
dust fall / fallout (volcanic, nuclear etc) / particulate matter
Whitsuntide
to subdue / to vanquish / to tame
descending colon (anatomy) / third section of large intestine
to prevent heatstroke and reduce temperature
to be born / arrival of newborn / birth (of a savior or religious leader)
to send down blessings from heaven
to go down by degrees / progressively decreasing
landing site
erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)
noradrenalin
Whit Sunday (Christian Festival celebrating the Holy Spirit)
(of aircraft) to take off and land
extra pay for hot weather
anti-aircraft defense
cable reel and harness used to lower oneself to safety (e.g. from a building on fire)
Advent (Christian period of 4 weeks before Christmas)
noise reduction
to subdue monsters
unconditional surrender
to downgrade / to lower the standard / degrading / humiliating
falling intonation (linguistics) / to lower the key of a tune / to demote
to demote
blessings from heaven


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