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降
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Definitions
- 1. to drop
- 2. to fall
- 3. to come down
- 4. to descend
Example Sentences
1 shown我們投 降 。
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Words Containing 降
to send down blessings from heaven
Shuangjiang or Frost Descends, 18th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 23rd October-6th November
a surrender ceremony
dust fall
to be born
to lower interest rates
to fall
Advent (Christian period of 4 weeks before Christmas)
joy from heaven (idiom); overjoyed at unexpected good news
to reduce; to lower; to bring down
to descend
to drop from the sky
lit. to drop from the sky (idiom)
to issue an imperial edict
falling intonation (linguistics)
to decrease internal heat (Chinese medicine)
to reduce
precipitation over a large area
lit. to descend to earth (of an immortal)
to prevent heatstroke and reduce temperature
to decline
rising and falling
to parachute into
degree of reduction (in prices, numbers etc)
paratroopers
to vow to fight to the death
(music) flat (♭)
to go down by degrees
rain and snow
surrendered enemy general
(chemistry) degradation
noradrenalin
lit. one object bests another object
to demote
to lower a flag
cable reel and harness used to lower oneself to safety (e.g. from a building on fire)
noise reduction
to descend
to reduce interest rates
to subdue
Whit Sunday (Christian Festival celebrating the Holy Spirit)
blessings from heaven
to snow
antihypertensive drug
to reduce the pressure (of a fluid)
to ask for sb's surrender
to force a plane to land
feigned surrender
biodegradation
to vanquish dragons and tigers (idiom)
extra pay for hot weather
to do a parachute jump
aerial work platform (e.g. cherry picker or scissor lift)
to subside
to recruit surrendered enemy and deserters (idiom); to gather together a gang of villains
erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)
unconditional surrender
to become cooler
descending colon (anatomy)
potential drop (elec.)
calcitonin
anti-aircraft defense
landing site
parachute
to surrender
Whitsuntide
(of aircraft) to take off and land
to surrender
to demote
Pentecost
to yield
to decrease gradually
descending order
since (some point in the past)
to demote (to a lower rank)
to subdue monsters
to fall rapidly
precipitation
to force sb to surrender
to accept surrender
precipitation
to downgrade
Advent (Christian period of 4 weeks before Christmas)
nightfall
free fall
to cut the price
runway (at airport)
precipitation (meteorology)