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- Shuangjiang or Frost Descends, 18th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 23rd October-6th November
Trad. 降壓
- to reduce the pressure (of a fluid)
- to lower one's blood pressure
- to lower (or step down) the voltage
Trad. 降溫
- to become cooler
- to lower the temperature
- cooling
- (of interest, activity etc) to decline
Trad. 降調
- falling intonation (linguistics)
- to lower the key of a tune
- to demote
- to drop from the sky
- (fig.) to appear out of nowhere
- (attributive) airborne
Trad. 降結腸
- descending colon (anatomy)
- third section of large intestine
Trad. 降臨節
- Advent (Christian period of 4 weeks before Christmas)
Trad. 緩降器
- cable reel and harness used to lower oneself to safety (e.g. from a building on fire)
Trad. 升降機
- aerial work platform (e.g. cherry picker or scissor lift)
- lift
- elevator
Trad. 從天而降
- (idiom) to fall from the sky
- (idiom) (fig.) to appear unexpectedly; to drop into one's lap
Trad. 防暑降溫
- to prevent heatstroke and reduce temperature
Trad. 紆尊降貴
- (idiom) to show deference to sb of lower status; to condescend; to deign
Trad. 招降納叛
- to recruit surrendered enemy and deserters (idiom); to gather together a gang of villains
Trad. 聖神降臨
- Whit Sunday (Christian Festival celebrating the Holy Spirit)
Trad. 降龍伏虎
- to vanquish dragons and tigers (idiom)
Trad. 喜從天降
- joy from heaven (idiom); overjoyed at unexpected good news
- unlooked-for happy event
Trad. 一力降十會
- brute force overcomes clever tactics
Trad. 耶穌降臨節
- Advent (Christian period of 4 weeks before Christmas)
Trad. 無條件投降
- unconditional surrender
- 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
Trad. 紅細胞沉降率
- erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)