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  *下* | 下* | *下
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
HSK 1
to sit down
HSK 1
downstairs
HSK 1
to lay down; to put down / to let go of; to relinquish; to set aside / to lower (the blinds etc)
HSK 2
to leave behind / to stay behind / to remain / to keep / not to let (sb) go
HSK 2
below zero
HSK 2
that level or lower / that amount or less / the following
HSK 2
the location below sth / afterwards
HSK 3
underground / subterranean / covert
HSK 4
to stop
HSK 4
up and down / top and bottom / old and young / length / about; more or less
HSK 5
as follows
HSK 5
under / beneath / less than
HSK 5
to remain; to be left over
HSK 5
land under heaven / the whole world / the whole of China / realm / rule
HSK 6
in private
HSK 7-9
countryside / rural area / CL: 個|个
HSK 7-9
immediately / at once / at that moment / at the moment
HSK 7-9
to fall / to drop / to land (of projectile)
HSK 7-9
low status / lowly / to lower (one's head)
HSK 7-9
now; at present / (anatomy) subocular
HSK 7-9
to collapse / to topple over
HSK 7-9
by comparison
HSK 7-9
equally matched / about the same
HSK 7-9
lit. to be in a high location, overlooking the scene below (idiom) / fig. to occupy a commanding position / to assume a haughty attitude
HSK 7-9
to arrest / to capture / to seize / to win (a set, a game etc)
to have no room to put sth / to be unable to let go
lower right
to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc)
(of prices, rates etc) to remain high
lit. to paint holding two brushes (idiom); fig. to work on two tasks at the same time / to attack one problem from two angles at the same time
(after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try) / all at once; suddenly
quickly and effortlessly (idiom)
public morals are degenerating with each passing day (idiom)
underarm / armpit
under the foot
your distinguished self / your majesty / sire
under the banner of
this time
to go down south
under one's control or administration / subordinates / (money etc) on hand / sb's financial means / when taking action
Your Majesty (honorific) / His or Her Highness
Your Majesty / His or Her Majesty
under sb's name
to take on (a responsibility)
twice / for a little while
to lay (a foundation) / to conquer (a city etc) / to shoot down (a bird etc)
to accept / to receive
to kneel down
at present / right now
the wording and purport of what one writes
remaining
to press down / to press a button
lunar new year
relative superiority (better or worse, stronger or weaker, above or below etc)
to unload
under / myself (humble)
to lie down
to abandon
equally matched / not much to distinguish who is stronger
to set (the tone, a target etc) / to lay down (the beat)
subordinate / affiliated to / subsidiary
troops under one's command / subordinate
troops / subordinates / (honorific appellation for a general)
in mind
to be nothing difficult / to be a cinch
to lodge under another person's roof (idiom); to live relying on sb else's charity
the sun sets in the west (idiom)
to fall / to drop
to shed tears while recounting sth / speaking in a tearful voice
if you ride a tiger, it's hard to get off (idiom); fig. impossible to stop halfway
to seize power / to conquer the world / to establish and expand a business / to carve out a career for oneself
soldiers at the city walls (idiom); fig. at a critical juncture
to steadily deteriorate
to set up / to establish
to shed silent tears (idiom)
world famous
to throw down / to drop (bomb)
lit. can pick it up or put it down (idiom) / fig. to take what comes / to meet gains or losses with equanimity
to fluctuate sharply
to let drip / to trickle down / to shed (tears)
(old) one's wife
throughout the world
to inspire awe throughout the empire (idiom)
to pacify the country
Lixia district of Jinan city 濟南市|济南市, Shandong
to quarrel endlessly
Kinoshita (Japanese surname)
under the jurisdiction of
down / downward
under the skin / subcutaneous (injection)
right in front of sb's eyes / right under sb's nose / current / at the moment
in this world / under the sun
the entire nation / the whole country, from the leadership to the rank and file
drip
imperial capital (city)
you (used to a superior or between persons of the same generation) / below the foot
(idiom) to re-establish order throughout the empire
tears falling like rain (idiom)
to develop rapidly after abrupt turn (idiom); dramatic change

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