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- 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
Trad. 買下
- to purchase (sth expensive, e.g. a house); to acquire (a company, a copyright etc)
- 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[shang4 xia4 wen2] "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[shang4 xia4 he2 mu4] "harmony between superiors and subordinates")
- all members of a group (as in 舉國上下|举国上下[ju3 guo2 shang4 xia4] "the entire nation")
- relative superiority (as in 不相上下[bu4 xiang1 shang4 xia4] "evenly matched")
Trad. 下頭
- (slang) (of a person or manner) off-putting
- (slang) to feel put off
Trad. 下風
- leeward
- downwind
- disadvantageous position
- to concede or give way in an argument
Trad. 下飯
- to eat one's rice with an accompanying dish (to make the rice more palatable)
- (of a dish) to go well with rice
- Polha, a place in the Joseon dynasty province of Hamgyeong 咸鏡道|咸镜道[Xian2 jing4 Dao4]
- 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 die
- future incarnation
- next life
- to be born
- to come into the world
- future generation
Trad. 下來
- to come down
- (completed action marker)
- (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.)
- (indicates continuation from the past towards us)
- to be harvested (of crops)
- to be over (of a period of time)
- to go among the masses (said of leaders)
- (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try)
- all at once; suddenly
- to go down to the fields
- to get up from bed
- to leave one's sickbed
- to be born
Trad. 下場
- to leave (the stage, an exam room, the playing field etc)
- to take part in some activity
- to take an examination (in the imperial examination system)
Trad. 下墜
- (of objects) to fall
- to drop
- to droop
- (medicine) to experience tenesmus
- lowest-ranked noncommissioned officer (e.g. corporal in the army or petty officer, third class in the navy)
Trad. 下崗
- (of a guard, sentry etc) to come off duty
- (of a worker) be to laid off
- you (used to a superior or between persons of the same generation)
- below the foot
- to start
- to put one's hand to
- to set about
- the seat to the right of the main guest
- to delegate
- to decentralize
- to demote a party cadre to work on the shop floor or in the countryside
- underneath
- below
- the underside
- world of mortals
- to descend to the world of mortals (of gods)
- relative superiority (better or worse, stronger or weaker, above or below etc)
- under one's control or administration
- subordinates
- (money etc) on hand
- sb's financial means
- when taking action
- downstream
- to go into the water
- to put into water
- to launch (a ship)
- fig. to fall into bad ways
- to lead astray
- to go to pot
- Matsushita (name)
- Panasonic (brand), abbr. for 松下電器|松下电器[Song1 xia4 Dian4 qi4]
- to go out to sea
- to enter the sea (to swim etc)
- (fig.) to take the plunge (e.g. leave a secure job, or enter prostitution etc)
- (TCM) lower burner, the part of the body within the pelvic cavity (below the navel, including the kidneys, bladder and intestines)
- lower bound (math.)
- world of mortals
- (of gods) to descend to the world of mortals
Trad. 下發
- to issue (a memorandum etc) to lower levels
- to distribute (e.g. disaster relief to victims)
- (slang) the younger person in a romantic relationship; a younger partner
- (coll.) the period around the end of the lunar year; the run-up to and days surrounding Spring Festival
Trad. 下線
- to go offline
- (of a product) to roll off the assembly line
- downline (person below oneself in a pyramid scheme)
- at the knee (in reference to children)
- (salutation used in letters to parents or grandparents)
- to lay down; to put down
- to let go of; to relinquish; to set aside
- to lower (the blinds etc)
Trad. 下臺
- to go off the stage
- to fall from position of prestige
- to step down (from office etc)
- to disentangle oneself
- to get off the hook