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Definitions
- 1. down
- 2. downwards
- 3. below
- 4. lower
- 5. later
- 6. next (week etc)
- 7. second (of two parts)
- 8. to decline
- 9. to go down
- 10. to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc)
- 11. measure word to show the frequency of an action
Example Sentences
1 shown您冷靜 下 來，從頭開始跟我說。
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 下
to drop anchor
pedestrian underpass
one who does not fear the death of thousand cuts will dare to unhorse the emperor (proverb)
to bury
to delegate
next week
to start and finish work
to be able to put (sth) down; to have room for; to be able to accommodate
not know where to start
to finish class
to survive
out of breath (idiom)
relative superiority (better or worse, stronger or weaker, above or below etc)
the next one
Polha, a place in the Joseon dynasty province of Hamgyeong 咸鏡道|咸镜道[xián jìng dào]
there is nothing the determined person can't accomplish (idiom)
underground nuclear test
to purchase (sth expensive, e.g. a house); to acquire (a company, a copyright etc)
this time
lower bound
hypothalamus (anatomy)
now
to lay (a foundation)
strike first and gain the upper hand (idiom, martial arts term); Making the first move is an advantage.
to promote lactation (TCM)
subsidiary (company)
villager; hick
to go off the stage
to stop
to dismount from a horse
to go underground
respect for the wise
to write down
to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc)
downward-facing dog (yoga pose)
to stay (at a hotel etc during a trip)
to hang down
under the umbrella of
subordinate
implication
to step down gracefully (humble expression)
doorsill
underlayer
base
to listen to the next chapter for an explanation
lit. to climb mountains of swords and enter seas of flames (idiom)
under the foot
under one's control or administration
next month
downhill
bottom teeth
to prepare
subcortical aphasia
to unload
the next stop (of a bus etc)
basement
underground
to accept
inferior nasal conchae
underscore _
to place an order
sublingual gland
to go down
public morals are degenerating with each passing day (idiom)
underground
lit. under a big tree the shade is plentiful (idiom)
Second book of Kings
to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc)
the genitals
sewer
not to be repeated
following
Matsushita (name)
to finish work
to look down from above
the next life
(textual) context
Xiaguan district of Nanjing City 南京市 in Jiangsu 江蘇|江苏
afternoon tea (light afternoon meal, typically pastries with tea or coffee)
to step down from office
next period (week, month or quarter etc)
ability to write
to take off costume and makeup
second half
ancient place name, in Anhui province
administered by; under the rule of
to take off (trousers)
to extricate oneself
to steadily deteriorate
Xialu district of Huangshi city 黃石市|黄石市[huáng shí shì], Hubei
Xiahuayuan District of Zhangjiakou city 張家口市|张家口市[zhāng jiā kǒu shì], Hebei
not feel ashamed to ask and learn from one's subordinates
under the jurisdiction of
sweating like rain (idiom); to perspire profusely
to retire
a learned person need not leave his home to know what's going on in the world (idiom)
three, set five remove two (abacus rule)
low ranking
last ten days of the lunar month
drip
third quarter moon, aka last quarter moon
Second book of Samuel
Xiacheng district of Hangzhou city 杭州市[háng zhōu shì], Zhejiang
all crows are black (idiom)
next chapter
downstairs
mental retardation
to droop
to send the betrothal gifts
in mind
to fall
lit. a thousand mile journey begins with the first step
Shimonoseki, city in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
lower sluice gate
under one's chin
to be at a disadvantage
underwater nuclear test
Lixia district of Jinan city 濟南市|济南市[jǐ nán shì], Shandong
pitch dark
to admit
drive-by download (a form of malware booby-trap)
underneath
a dish that goes well with alcoholic drinks
humble
to press on
exit door (of the stage)
no respect for seniors
to withdraw
this time
all over
to run everything (idiom); to monopolize the whole business
to go downhill
ready to take any job, high or low
lit. can pick it up or put it down (idiom)
(TCM) lower burner, the part of the body within the pelvic cavity (below the navel, including the kidneys, bladder and intestines)
as many as; no less than
to take off; to remove (one's hat, a door from its hinges etc)
hidden or secret love affair
to go out to sea
to let drip
(of an activity) off-line (not done over the Internet)
under the skin
lower reaches (of a river)
to compete against
to lay down
Your Majesty
chin
to lodge under another person's roof (idiom); to live relying on sb else's charity
to set up
to issue (a memorandum etc) to lower levels
to be nothing difficult
lit. amidst the flowers under the moonlight (idiom)
next time
launching ceremony
lit. to pull sb into the water
(of sales, prices etc) to fall
as follows
equally matched
display of severity immediately on taking office
to throw down
last quarter, aka third quarter (phase of the moon)
downhill road
(of a woman) to marry a man of lower social status
see 一目十行[yī mù shí háng]
dysphagia (medicine)
downstream
to raise and lower one's hand (idiom); to signal as conspiratorial hint
to take on (a responsibility)
to follow the past and herald the future (idiom); part of a historical transition
lower abdomen
Panasonic Corporation (formerly Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.)
Tales from 5000 Years of Chinese History in three volumes by Cao Yuzhang 曹餘章|曹余章[cáo yú zhāng]
offal
second (of two parts)
the end
player whose turn comes next (in a game)
Ha Long Bay, Vietnam
to imprison
to give birth to
to be the most ridiculous thing in the world (idiom)
leeward
to put poison in sth
country manners
to act in a supporting role
context menu (computing)
to be put on the spot
lit. to pull sb into the water
to accept
in this world
up and down
second half of the year
to go to the countryside
nuclear underwater burst
top-down
(gymnastics) to do a bridge
subconscious mind
to have no room to put sth
at a stalemate
to quarrel endlessly
to place an order (commerce)
to throw stones at sb who has fallen down a well (idiom)
under
to defeat; to be superior to
to shed tears while recounting sth
subcutaneous
world famous
lower right
offspring
lower Cambrian (geological period approx 530 million years ago)
Panasonic Corporation (formerly Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.)
all good things must come to an end (idiom)
to die
(of animals) to give birth
in a fit of pique
to be fawningly submissive (idiom)
if you ride a tiger, it's hard to get off (idiom); fig. impossible to stop halfway
(literary) to eat
under
under
troops
bottom to top (of listing)
lower lip
to throw stones at sb who has fallen down a well (idiom)
to go down a hill
servile
similarly hereinafter
all around
top-down
lower chamber (of legislative body)
Ornithopoda, suborder of herbivorous dinosaurs including iguanodon
submaxillary glands (biology)
to descend to the world (of immortals)
to slide down (a slope etc)
gastroptosis
remnants of material from an industrial process
lit. to prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom); fig. to study a problem to find the right way to solve it
hem of a skirt
not to know one's place
everywhere
pituitary glands (at the base of the skull)
to press down
to disrespect one's superiors
lower limbs
to develop rapidly after abrupt turn (idiom); dramatic change
lit. start off leniently (idiom); please do not be too strict with me
to set a box office record
to play chess
a learned person need not leave his home to know what's going on in the world (idiom)
to hand down an imperial edict
to put pen to paper
retirement pension
solve one problem only to find another cropping up
infraspinatus muscle
next week
to arrange
lit. to be in a high location, overlooking the scene below (idiom)
leeward
hypodermic injection
rainfall
sublingual administration (medicine)
lower bound (math.)
to vomit and have diarrhea
subordinate
radioactive fallout
next page
to lay eggs
to go to the kitchen (to prepare a meal)
official in feudal court
double subscript
bottom-up
lowest-ranked noncommissioned officer (e.g. corporal in the army or petty officer, third class in the navy)
fig. to complain despite being privileged
awkward
equally matched
drainpipe
underground bank
to drizzle; to rain lightly
to ask sb to leave
(of trains) down (i.e. away from the capital)
to seize power
twice
all thunder but no rain (idiom)
rivers pour away by the day (idiom); going from bad to worse
to give an order
to stop screening a movie
minor divinity concerned with marriage
underline
feelings of the masses
to knock off (at the end of a day's work)
to start
(golf, tennis) undercut
see 下工夫[xià gōng fu]
to resolve (to do sth); to toughen up
to swallow whole
to lay down a heavy burden
to get off a plane
not ashamed to learn from subordinates (idiom)
see 月下花前[yuè xià huā qián]
down quark (particle physics)
afternoon
to have real skill
first under heaven
going from there to lower grades (idiom)
to collapse
to decline
anterior subcortical lesions
to rain
Your Majesty (honorific)
to be unable to extricate oneself gracefully
(category defined by the Communist Party) poor and lower-middle peasants: farmers who, before land reform, possessed little or no land (poor peasants) and those who were barely able to support themselves with their own land (lower-middle peasants)
lower jawbone
Matsushita Electronics Industry
(of objects) to fall
to snow
at the knee (in reference to children)
to collapse
my humble home
to be unable to keep a straight face (idiom)
to determine
(math.) infimum; greatest lower bound
the whole country in rebellion
the whole world at peace (idiom); peace and prosperity
lit. when the nest is upset no egg is left intact (idiom)
Xiaguan district of Nanjing City 南京市 in Jiangsu 江蘇|江苏
your distinguished self
mandible (lower jaw)
land under heaven
chin
see 誇海口|夸海口[kuā hǎi kǒu]
to make a promise
to underline
to express a wish (to a deity)
Baixia district of Nanjing City 南京市 in Jiangsu 江蘇|江苏
to pour
product launching ceremony
lit. don't tie your shoelaces in a melon patch, and don't adjust your hat under a plum tree (idiom)
see 每況愈下|每况愈下[měi kuàng yù xià]
Second book of Chronicles
now
lower eyelid
like mice trying to pull a turtle, nowhere to get a hand grip (idiom)
troops under one's command
lunar new year
to wait a moment
lower part of the body
pig offal
to abandon
see 冒大不韙|冒大不韪[mào dà bù wěi]
by comparison
Member of Parliament (MP) (UK Politics)
under the water
in front of one's eyes
beneath
bottom to top
sublingual tablet (medicine)
the location below sth
to do one's utmost
head down
bunk bed
chin
countryside
to fall
to do
geta (Japanese clogs)
lower half of one's body
to kneel down
lit. knives rain down from the sky (idiom)
last third of the month
throughout the world
to sink down
at present
to make everyone's lives better
to pacify the country
to cast a fishing net
to bear (give birth)
below
sublingual
to come down
underpass
lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)
Xialu district of Huangshi city 黃石市|黄石市[huáng shí shì], Hubei
Second book of Kings
not feel like eating
to subside
unaccounted
to deceive one's superiors and bully one's subordinates (idiom)
submandibular gland
The rise and fall of the nation concerns everyone (idiom). Everyone bears responsibility for the prosperity of society.
lit. the humiliation of having to crawl between the legs of one's adversary (as Han Xin 韓信|韩信[hán xìn] supposedly did rather than engage in a sword fight) (idiom)
subordinates follow the example of their superiors (idiom)
lit. If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked (idiom); fig. subordinates imitate their superiors' vices
Lixia district of Jinan city 濟南市|济南市[jǐ nán shì], Shandong
to go offline
next to serve
immediately
(of an organization) to have as a subunit
Baixia district of Nanjing City 南京市 in Jiangsu 江蘇|江苏
exactly what one wants
to eat out
to work in the fields (esp. young school-leavers)
to take off (clothing)
in front of one's eyes
to dismantle
down
to arrest
to cast away
quickly and effortlessly (idiom)
the wording and purport of what one writes
to go down to the fields
imperial capital (city)
to be appropriate to have with alcohol
right in front of sb's eyes
impossible to make a living
nuclear underground burst
mud and sand flow together (idiom)
to inspire awe throughout the empire (idiom)
to alter a text indiscriminately (idiom)
lower course of a river
signature on letter
at sixes and sevens
to adjust downwards
to drop down
you (used to a superior or between persons of the same generation)
to fall
lower left
to attack murderously
country folk
tears falling like rain (idiom)
to fall short of the best but be better than the worst
to revise downward
below zero
groundwater
to kneel
to make a firm resolution
to write elegantly
offline
The first concern is affairs of state, enjoying the pleasure comes later. Quotation from essay On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記|岳阳楼记 by Song writer Fan Zhongyan 范仲淹[fàn zhòng yān]
bunk bed
under the banner of
to bow down low
contemptible
at present
lower Cambrian series (geological strata from approx 530 million years ago)
to go downstairs
(slang) male member
to be unable to continue living (in a certain manner)
lower body
underarm
subauricular gland
down arrow key (on keyboard)
(of prices, rates etc) to remain high
to leave (the stage, an exam room, the playing field etc)
afternoon
to prescribe medicine
the next generation
to transmit to lower levels; to issue (a command, decree etc)
underground sewage network
rush hour
underground
to leave behind
the Chinese market, excluding first- and second-tier cities
next
ten years of practice for one minute on the stage (idiom)
to throw down
subway
lay down butcher's knife, become a Buddha on the spot (idiom); instant rehabilitation
The higher ups have policies while the lower downs have their own ways of getting around them. (idiom)
to demote
to wish for the whole world to be in chaos (idiom)
lit. to climb mountains of swords and enter cauldrons of boiling oil (idiom)
(of rain) to fall heavily
downward fluctuation (of prices etc)
(sport) backspin
riffraff
cannot stop worrying
a couple of times
to remain
to drop anchor
in a short while
to be at a disadvantage
to go down south
the lowest professions
to sweep away evil
Xiahuayuan District of Zhangjiakou city 張家口市|张家口市[zhāng jiā kǒu shì], Hebei
to fluctuate sharply
see 天下沒有不散的筵席|天下没有不散的筵席[tiān xià méi yǒu bù sàn de yán xí]
underneath
whereabouts
to define
in private
Hsiaying township in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[tái nán xiàn], Taiwan
lit. there is heaven above, and there is 蘇杭|苏杭[sū háng] below (idiom)
to abandon
lower jaw
next month
lower jaw
to lie down
to swallow
the sun sets in the west (idiom)
privately
to take down from the shelves (e.g. a contaminated product)
to look displeased
(used after a verb) give it a go
to download
to attack one problem from two angles at the same time
to set (the tone, a target etc)
low status
in a moment of desperation
lower house (of parliament)
remaining
to stop
to squat down
next to serve
to put in time and energy
to attack for a long time without success
to survive
(of a guard, sentry etc) to come off duty
to shed silent tears (idiom)
the entire nation
down-pointing arrow
next week
to establish
how about it?
lower jaw; mandible
off the stage
under sb's name
to get off one's high horse (idiom)
next page
the next step
folk songs of the state of Chu 楚國|楚国[chǔ guó]
to sit down
that level or lower