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- height; level; (music) pitch
- relative superiority
- propriety; discretion (usu. in the negative, e.g. 不知高低[bu4 zhi1 gao1 di1])
- no matter what; just; simply (will not ..., must ... etc)
- at long last
- subsistence allowance
- welfare (abbr. for 城市居民最低生活保障[cheng2 shi4 ju1 min2 zui4 di1 sheng1 huo2 bao3 zhang4])
- (of weather) overcast; gloomy
- (of a voice) low and deep
- low-spirited; downcast
- minimum spend (stipulated by a restaurant, bar, club etc) (abbr. for 最低消費|最低消费[zui4 di1 xiao1 fei4])
Trad. 貶低
- to belittle
- to disparage
- to play down
- to demean
- to degrade
- to devalue
- valley
- trough (as opposed to peaks)
- fig. low point
- lowest ebb
- nadir of one's fortunes
Trad. 低開
- (finance) (of the price of a security etc) to open lower than the previous closing price
Trad. 低齡化
- (of a certain group of people, e.g. recreational drug users) to become younger, on average, than before
- lit. low tide
- fig. the lowest point (e.g. of a relationship)
Trad. 笑點低
- amused by even the weakest joke
- ready to laugh at the smallest thing
Trad. 低年級
- a lower grade (in a school) (e.g. 1st or 2nd year); the lower division (of a school etc)
Trad. 低頭認罪
- to bow one's head in acknowledgment of guilt
- to admit one's guilt
Trad. 低齡犯罪
- juvenile crime; juvenile delinquency
- high and low
- uneven (in height)
- uneven (of ground)
Trad. 不識高低
- can't recognize tall or short (idiom); doesn't know what's what
- the bare minimum; the lowest acceptable limit or standard
Trad. 一見高低
- lit. to fight it out with sb to see who is best (idiom)
- fig. to cross swords with
- to lock horns
- crawl high, step low (idiom); unprincipled crawling, flattering one's superiors and trampling on one's juniors
- toadying and bullying
- 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
Trad. 低俗之風
- vulgar style (used of items to be censored)
- high in score but low in ability (as a result of teaching to the test)
Trad. 低地軌道
- see 近地軌道|近地轨道[jin4 di4 gui3 dao4]
Trad. 低空飛過
- to just scrape through with a narrow pass (in an exam)
- 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
Trad. 低筋麵粉
- low-gluten flour
- cake flour
- pastry flour
- soft flour
Trad. 低聲細語
- in a whisper
- in a low voice (idiom)
- to have high standards but little ability
- to be fastidious but incompetent (idiom)
Trad. 低開高走
- (finance) (of the price of a security etc) to open lower than the previous closing price but rise throughout the trading session
Trad. 低劑量照射
- low dose irradiation
Trad. 低地繡眼鳥
- (bird species of China) lowland white-eye (Zosterops meyeni)
- 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
Trad. 高不湊低不就
- 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
Trad. 低放射性廢物
- low-level waste
Trad. 低頭不見抬頭見
- see 抬頭不見低頭見|抬头不见低头见[tai2 tou2 bu4 jian4 di1 tou2 jian4]
Trad. 抬頭不見低頭見
- (idiom) (of people in a small town etc) to cross paths regularly
Trad. 天低吳楚，眼空無物
- the sky hangs low over the Yangtze, empty as far as the eye can see (idiom); nothing to see to the broad horizon