xià chǎng

下 场

Level:

NHSK 789－3 SW HSK 2

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1
v.go off stage; take one's exit from the stage
- xiè wán mù jiù gǎn jǐn xià chǎng
  谢完幕就赶紧下场
  go off the stage after answering the curtain call
- nà ge nǚ yǎn yuán dòng zuò yōu yǎ de xià chǎng le
  那个女演员动作优雅地下场了。
  The actress made a graceful exit.
synonym
tuì chǎng退场
antonym
chū chǎng出场 shàng chǎng上场
2
n.(often in the negative) end; fate; ending
- tā bù huì yǒu hǎo xià chǎng
  他不会有好下场。
  He will certainly come to no good end.
synonym
jié guǒ结果 jié jú结局
3
v.datedsit for an official examination
- tā duō cì xià chǎng lǚ shì bù zhòng
  他多次下场，屡试不中。
  He failed in successive official examinations.

Separable word
"下" and "场" can be combined as one word, or be used separately with other elements inserted.
- 演员下了场，观众才退场。
  The actor went off the stage before the audience left.
- 球星被球迷团团围住，下不了场了。
  The star was surrounded by the fans completely and could not go off the playing field.
- 演员什么时候下的场?
  When did the actor get off the stage?
common measure word
"下场" is often matched with measure word "个"or"种".
- 一个下场
  one fate
- 一种下场
  one kind of fate

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