Chinese dictionary
- 1
v.come/get/go down; come from a higher place
快从房顶上下来。
Please come down off the roof.
梯子不牢固,快下来!
Come down at once! The ladder isn't steady.
他从山坡上下来。
He was coming downhill.
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- 2
v.(of leaders) come down (to a lower level government office)
有新任务下来了。
A new task has fallen on us.
中央下来了个检查组。
An inspection group came down from the central government.
昨天省里下来了两位干部。
Yesterday two employees from the provincial office came down.
- 3
v.(of fruit or crops) get ripe; be in season; be brought to the market; be harvested
玉米一时还不能下来。
The corn cannot be harvested for a while yet.
麦子已经下来。
The wheat has been harvested.
- 4
v.(of a period of time) be over; come to an end
一年下来,他的技术大有提高。
After one year's work, his skills have improved a lot.
一年下来,她学完了八门功课。
After a year's study, she completed eight courses.
第一天下来,她就感到筋疲力尽了。
At the end of the first day, she was exhausted.
- 5
v.(used after a verb to indicate a movement from a higher position to a lower position or from far to near)
把树上的苹果摘下来吧。
Pick all the apples off the trees.
河水是从上游流下来的。
Water flows down the upper section of the river.
掉下来
drop down
- 6
v.(used after a verb to indicate a continuation from the past to the present or from the beginning to the end)
从古代流传下来的神话
mythology passed down from antiquity
所有参加业余培训的人都坚持了下来。
All those attending the part-time training persisted to the end.
- 7
v.(used after a verb to indicate the completion or result of an action)
把情况记录了下来。
Make a record of what happened.
车渐渐停下来。
The car stopped gradually.
风突然停下来。
The wind dropped all of a sudden.
- 8
v.(used after an adjective to indicate decrease of intensity)
他的声音慢慢低下来。
His voice trailed off.
安静下来
quiet down
慢下来
slow down
Word usage
- Note"下来" is different from "下去". The form "adj. + 下来" specifically means "begin to appear", and the form "adj. + 下去" means "continue".
- Separable word"下" and "来" can be combined as one word, or be used separately with other elements inserted.
他在楼上有事,下不来。
He has something to do upstairs. He can't come down.
你的腿刚受过伤,下得来楼梯吗?
You just hurt your leg. Can you get down the stairs?