Chinese dictionary
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n.(used after a preposition) down; low position or rank
他在灯下看书。
He reads under the lamp.
她住在楼下。
She lives downstairs.
结果如下。
The result is as follows.
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- 2
v.alight; descend; come down; get down
你赶紧下树。
Get down from the tree quickly.
下梯子小心点。
Be careful when you going down the ladder.
谁先下？
Who is going down first?
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n.late; latter; second; be immediately next in a sequence
下星期三，他就要上大学了。
He will go to university next Wednesday.
下一步你什么打算？
What are you going to do next?
我们搭下班车吧。
Let's take the next bus.
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adj.low in grade or class; lower/inferior (in rank, position, class, quality, etc.)
下级
subordinate
下策
bad move
下等
lower class
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- 5
v.(of rain or snow) fall/come down
雨下了一夜。
Rain fell all night.
下冰雹了。
It's hailing.
下露水
drip dew
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measure wordinfml(used to indicate repetition of action)
让我再看一下。
Let me take another look.
钟敲了三下。
The bell tolled three times.
突然亮了一下。
There was a sudden flash.
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v.exit; leave (the stage, field, etc.)
你们从舞台的左边下。
You should exit the stage to the left.
这场戏你应该从右边的旁门下。
During this performance you'd better go offstage from the door on the right side.
你从左侧门下。
You can exit from the left door.
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n.infml(used after a numeral to indicate direction or position)
他把头摆出去，四下里看了看。
He poked his head out and took a look all around.
两下里都同意。
Both sides have agreed.
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n.infml(used to indicate the circumstance, extent, situation, etc.)
艰苦的条件下
under difficult conditions
部下
under one's command
在疾病威胁下
under the threat of disease
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n.infml(used to indicate a certain time or period)
节下
near a festival
时下
for the time being
眼下
at present
- 11
v.less than; lower than
零下二度
be two degrees below zero
我一个月读的书不下十本。
I read more than ten books in a month.
不下一万人
no less than ten thousand people
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v.deliver; issue; send
下条子
give a note
下战书
deliver a letter of challenge
下聘书
send a letter of appointment
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v.finish work or study in fixed time
下课
finish class
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v.give in; yield
相持不下
be locked in stalemate
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v.infml(of animals) give birth to; lay (eggs)
下小猪
give birth to a piglet
这头母猪要下崽了。
The sow is about to litter.
下蛋
lay eggs
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v.go to; enter
下乡
go to the countryside
下厨房
go into the kitchen to do cooking
下地狱
go down to hell
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v.infmlplay (a board game); play (chess games); commence
下围棋
play weiqi
他们下了一晚上象棋。
They played chess all evening.
下盘棋
have a game of chess
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v.use; apply; begin to use; make use of
下毒药
poison
下笔
begin writing
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v.put in; cast
下本钱
invest
下锚
anchor
下网捕鱼
cast a fishing net
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v.infmldraw (a conclusion); form (an opinion,idea, etc.); give (a definition)
下注解
annotate
下保证
make a pledge
下判断
form an opinion
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v.infmlunload; dismantle; take down/off
下帆
lower a sail
下俘虏的枪
disarm the prisoners
下装
remove one's stage makeup and costume
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- 22
v.capture; take
我们的军队连下数城。
Our army captured several cities in succession.
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measure wordinfml(used after 两 or 几, indicating one's ability or skill)
我看你就这几下。
I can see that's all you've got.
就这几下，你还要逞能？
That's all you can do, want to show off?
真有两下
have special ability for
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measure worddial(used to indicate capacity of a container)
这么大的碗，他足足吃了三下。
He ate three bowlfuls with this large bowl.
瓶里只有半下油。
The bottle is half full of oil.
Words and phrases with 下
- 下楼[word]go downstairs
- 下手[word]put one's hand to; seat of lower priority
- 下级[word]subordinate
- 下流[word]lower reaches; lewd
- 下场[word]go off stage; to go to an exam room
- 下雨[word]rain
- 下旬[word]last ten-day period of a month
- 下落[word]whereabouts; drop
- 下班[word]knock off
- 下逐客令[idiom]bid the visitor good-bye at once in order to get rid of him
- 下不了台[idiom]unable to find a way out of an embarrassing situation
- 下笔千言[idiom]write with amazing speed
- 下里巴人[idiom]Songs of the Rustic Poor; popular literature and art
- 下回分解[idiom]It will be told in the next chapter.
- 下不为例[idiom]not to be repeated
- 下落不明[idiom]whereabouts unknown
- 下情上达[idiom]notify the superior of the circumstance of the inferiors
- 下不来台[idiom]be unable to back down with good grace