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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
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
valley / trough (as opposed to peaks) / fig. low point / lowest ebb / nadir of one's fortunes
HSK 7-9
low status / lowly / to lower (one's head)
HSK 7-9
low pitch / quiet (voice) / subdued / low-key / low-profile
HSK 7-9
blurred (landscape etc) / low (spirits) / in a slump (economy)
HSK 7-9
to underestimate; to underrate
HSK 7-9
(attributive) low-carbon; low-carb (diet)
HSK 7-9
alternately soaring and plunging
HSK 7-9
to chant softly / to murmur
too low
low speed
low level / rudimentary / vulgar / low / inferior
bass
low-cut (dress) / plunging (neckline)
low altitude
to lower / to reduce
vulgar / poor taste
low pressure / low voltage
a low fever (up to 38°C)
incapable / incompetent / stupid / mentally deficient
to lower (one's voice)
(of a member of a specific cohort) lower than average in age
mutter
new low
short / low
inefficient / ineffective
cheap / inexpensive / low
low-grade / of low worth or rank / poor quality / inferior
lowland
low-end
low-interest
low tide / low ebb
a low fever (up to 38°C)
low consumption (energy, fuel etc)
lowly; humble / cheap; inexpensive
low-lying
low yield
downcast; gloomy / to decline; to get worse
in a low voice / softly
to belittle / to disparage / to play down / to demean / to degrade / to devalue
inferior quality / substandard / low-grade
(of weather) overcast; gloomy / (of a voice) low and deep / low-spirited; downcast
to droop / to hang low
meager (wages) / humble (social status) / feeble (voice)
to have high standards but little ability / to be fastidious but incompetent (idiom)
uneven bars (gymnastics)
low and unhurried (voice etc) / low and gently sloping (terrain)
low hurdles (track event)
ups and down / rise and fall
servile
inferior
low fat
can't recognize tall or short (idiom); doesn't know what's what
low interest
to be fawningly submissive (idiom)
smartphone addicts
low cost / inexpensive
darkness fell (falls, had fallen etc)
low-top (shoes)
minimum
low-gluten flour / cake flour / pastry flour / soft flour
(music) bass voice
low fidelity / lo-fi
low level
to act like a snob
high and low / uneven (in height) / uneven (of ground)
to be on the low side; to be inadequate (e.g. of a salary)
mental retardation
a lower grade (in a school) (e.g. 1st or 2nd year); the lower division (of a school etc)
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 cost
to sink / to settle
low level
man seeks his way up just as water seeks its way down (idiom) / one should constantly strive to make progress
minimum spend (stipulated by a restaurant, bar, club etc) (abbr. for 最低消費|最低消费)
(of a certain group of people, e.g. recreational drug users) to become younger, on average, than before
vulgarization
to lower / to be humble
amused by even the weakest joke / ready to laugh at the smallest thing
low level of spending; small expenditure
hypoglycemia (medicine)
lowest voice / lowest pitch / lowest note
an octave lower (music)
in a whisper / in a low voice (idiom)
low-cut neckline
(bird species of China) lowland white-eye (Zosterops meyeni)
maar
low-level (computer) language
low-dimensional (math.)
low speed
hypothermia
hilly (geography)

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