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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 finish work; to get off work / next service (train, bus, etc)
HSK 1
afternoon / CL: 個|个 / p.m.
HSK 1
next time
HSK 1
to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc)
HSK 1
to rain
HSK 1
to finish class / to get out of class / (fig.) (esp. of a sports coach) to be dismissed / to be fired
HSK 1
under / the underside / below
HSK 1
next week
HSK 2
to snow
HSK 2
to come down / (completed action marker) / (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.) / (indicates continuation from the past towards us) / to be harvested (of crops) / to be over (of a period of time) / to go among the masses (said of leaders)
HSK 3
to go down / to descend / to go on / to continue / (of a servant) to withdraw
HSK 3
below / under / next / the following / also pr. [xia4 mian5]
HSK 3
to boil noodles
HSK 3
to download / also pr. [xia4zai4]
HSK 4
to go downstairs
HSK 4
to decline / to drop / to fall / to go down / to decrease
HSK 4
next month
HSK 4
to leave (the stage, an exam room, the playing field etc) / to take part in some activity / to take an examination (in the imperial examination system)
HSK 7-9
to fall / to tumble
HSK 7-9
subordinate / underling
HSK 7-9
to go to the countryside
HSK 7-9
to give an order; to issue an order
HSK 7-9
subconscious mind
HSK 7-9
to start / to put one's hand to / to set about / the seat to the right of the main guest
HSK 7-9
to adjust downwards / to lower (prices, wages etc)
HSK 7-9
to go out to sea / to enter the sea (to swim etc) / (fig.) to take the plunge (e.g. leave a secure job, or enter prostitution etc)
HSK 7-9
to go down a hill / (of the sun or moon) to set
HSK 7-9
to play chess
HSK 7-9
to determine / to resolve
HSK 7-9
lower reaches (of a river) / lower level / lower echelon / downstream
HSK 7-9
last third of the month
HSK 7-9
whereabouts / to drop / to fall
HSK 7-9
(of objects) to fall / to drop / to droop / (medicine) to experience tenesmus
HSK 7-9
low ranking / low level / underclass / subordinate
HSK 7-9
(of a guard, sentry etc) to come off duty / (of a worker) be to laid off
HSK 7-9
variant of 下工夫
HSK 7-9
next period (week, month or quarter etc)
HSK 7-9
the next generation
HSK 7-9
to go off the stage / to fall from position of prestige / to step down (from office etc) / to disentangle oneself / to get off the hook
HSK 7-9
next page
leeward / downwind / disadvantageous position / to concede or give way in an argument
next month
to attack murderously / to strike treacherously
afternoon tea (light afternoon meal, typically pastries with tea or coffee)
sewer
the end / to conclude
to prescribe medicine / to poison / to slip a drug (into sb's drink etc)
lower part of the body / genitalia / trousers
to go offline / (of a product) to roll off the assembly line / downline (person below oneself in a pyramid scheme)
lower course of a river / low-class / mean and lowly / vulgar / obscene
second half of the year
the next step
lower body / euphemism for genitals / root and stem of plants
unaccounted / unknown whereabouts
chin
(old) servant / (dialect) children; grandchildren
downhill road / (fig.) downhill path
to make a firm resolution
to demote / to pass down to a lower unit
downstream / to go into the water / to put into water / to launch (a ship) / fig. to fall into bad ways / to lead astray / to go to pot
offal / viscera / tripe
hem of a skirt / shirt tail
(of trains) down (i.e. away from the capital) / (of river boats) to travel downstream / to issue (a document) to lower bureaucratic levels / (of writing on the page) vertical, proceeding from top to bottom
to dismount from a horse / (fig.) to abandon (a project)
to consume (food or drink); to eat; to drink
underneath / below / the underside / world of mortals / to descend to the world of mortals (of gods)
(gymnastics) to do a bridge / to do a crab
to take off costume and makeup / bottom garment (trousers etc)
to stay (at a hotel etc during a trip)
to go to the kitchen (to prepare a meal) / to cook
following
lower limbs
to droop / to sag / to hang down / sagging / drooping / prolapse (medicine)
(of sales, prices etc) to fall / to drop / decline / slump
next week
(slang) (of a person or manner) off-putting / (slang) to feel put off
the next life
to put into the pot (to cook)
display of severity immediately on taking office / (fig.) initial show of strength
to kneel / to go down on one's knees
awkward / embarrassed / cannot be accomplished
to transmit to lower levels; to issue (a command, decree etc)
to put pen to paper
next chapter / next time
humble / lowly / depraved / contemptible
riffraff / scum / lowlife / despicable / inferior
lower bound
next office holder / next to serve
to eat one's rice with an accompanying dish (to make the rice more palatable) / (of a dish) to go well with rice
to cast a fishing net / (computing) to go offline
to hand down an imperial edict
not to be repeated / not to be taken as a precedent / just this once
to eat out / to eat at a restaurant
to send the betrothal gifts / (fig.) to conclude a marriage
to define
third quarter moon, aka last quarter moon
to put in time and energy / to concentrate one's efforts
remnants of material from an industrial process / offcut / scraps
the lowest professions

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