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