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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
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
alternately soaring and plunging
HSK 7-9
too low
to lower / to reduce
to lower (one's voice)
new low
to belittle / to disparage / to play down / to demean / to degrade / to devalue
to have high standards but little ability / to be fastidious but incompetent (idiom)
can't recognize tall or short (idiom); doesn't know what's what
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)
to lower / to be humble
amused by even the weakest joke / ready to laugh at the smallest thing
hypothermia
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
(neologism) easily moved to tears
to go down / to decline


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