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Pinyin xià

Radical

一

Strokes

Definition

under / second (of two parts) / next (week, etc.) / lower / below / underneath / down(wards) / to decline / to go down / latter

Usage

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承上启下 chéng shàng qǐ xià

a connecting link between the preceding and the following

吾将上下而求索 wú jiāng shàng xià ér qiú suǒ

I will search up and down

咽下 yàn xià

to swallow / to suppress

下咽 xià yàn

laryngopharynx / hypopharynx / laryngeal pharynx

食不下咽 shí bù xià yàn

Can't swallow

台下 tái xià

off the stage / in the audience

下半叶 xià bàn yè

Lower leaf

向下 xiàng xià

down / downward

下厨 xià chú

to go to the kitchen (to prepare a meal) / to cook

下唇 xià chún

lower lip

阶下囚 jiē xià qiú

prisoner / captive

四下 sì xià

everywhere

下坠 xià zhuì

tenesmus / straining (at stool)

下坡 xià pō

downhill

下垂 xià chuí

to droop / to sag / to hang down / sagging / drooping / prolapse (medicine)

下垫面 xià diàn miàn

underlying surface

夕阳西下 xī yáng xī xià

the sun sets in the west (idiom)

下功夫 xià gōng fu

see 下工夫[xia4 gong1 fu5]

夺下 duó xià

Seize

下嫁 xià jià

(of a woman) to marry a man of lower social status / to marry down

卑下 bēi xià

base / low

卸下 xiè xià

to unload

下半年 xià bàn nián

second half of the year

下半场 xià bàn chǎng

second half (of a game)

地下室 dì xià shì

basement / cellar

寄人篱下 jì rén lí xià

to lodge under another person's roof (idiom); to live relying on sb else's charity

下层 xià céng

underlayer / lower class / lower strata / substrate

下属 xià shǔ

subordinate / underling

属下 shǔ xià

subordinate / affiliated to / subsidiary

放下屠刀 fàng xià tú dāo

drop the butcher's knife -- to reform an evildoer into a good person

下巴 xià ba

chin / CL:個|个[ge4]

底下 dǐ xia

the location below sth / afterwards

下列 xià liè

following

创下 chuàng xià

to establish / to set (a new record)

扔下 rēng xià

to throw down / to drop (bomb)

可怜天下父母心 kě lián tiān xià fù mǔ xīn

Bays Of Being Parents

打下 dǎ xià

to lay (a foundation) / to conquer (a city etc) / to shoot down (a bird etc)

撂下 liào xià

Put down

撕下 sī xià

tear down / rip down

下拨 xià bō

Dial down

拿下 ná xià

to arrest / to capture / to seize / to win (a set, a game etc)

下挫 xià cuò

(of sales, prices etc) to fall / to drop / decline / slump

换下 huàn xià

change

接下来 jiē xià lái

to accept / to take / next / following

写下 xiě xià

to write down

每况愈下 měi kuàng yù xià

to steadily deteriorate

几下 jǐ xià

a few times

下凡 xià fán

to descend to the world (of immortals)

下摆 xià bǎi

hem of a skirt / shirt tail

撇下 piē xia

to cast away

播下 bō xià

Sow

攻下 gōng xià

capture / take / overcome

放下 fàng xià

to lay down / to put down / to let go of / to relinquish / to set aside / to lower (the blinds etc)

旗下 qí xià

under the banner of

下旬 xià xún

last third of the month

中下旬 zhōng xià xún

mid-to-late / the middle ten days and the last ten days

普天之下 pǔ tiān zhī xià

all over the world

下榻 xià tà

to stay (at a hotel etc during a trip)

松下 Sōng xià

Matsushita (name) / Panasonic (brand), abbr. for 松下電器|松下电器[Song1 xia4 Dian4 qi4]

桥下 qiáo xià

underbridge

下棋 xià qí

to play chess

楼下 lóu xià

downstairs

下楼 xià lóu

go downstairs / come downstairs

停下 tíng xià

to stop

催人泪下 cuī rén lèi xià

draw tears / draw tears from sb. / bring tears to one's eyes

声泪俱下 shēng lèi jù xià

to shed tears while recounting sth / speaking in a tearful voice

倒下 dǎo xià

to collapse / to topple over

樟树下 zhāng shù xià

Under the camphor tree

下款 xià kuǎn

signature on letter / name of donor

上梁不正下梁歪 shàng liáng bù zhèng xià liáng wāi

lit. If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked (idiom); fig. subordinates imitate their superiors' vices

殿下 diàn xià

Your Majesty (honorific) / His or Her Highness

地下水 dì xià shuǐ

groundwater

下沉 xià chén

to sink down

下泄 xià xiè

flow / drain / discharge

九泉之下 jiǔ quán zhī xià

after death / dwelling place of the dead

下滑 xià huá

sliding / slide

泪如雨下 lèi rú yǔ xià

tears falling like rain (idiom)

泻下 xiè xià

purgation

下泻 xià xiè

flow down / (of price) drop sharply

上吐下泻 shàng tù xià xiè

to vomit and have diarrhea

泻下剂 xiè xià jì

purgative drugs prescriptions

潸然泪下 shān rán lèi xià

to shed silent tears (idiom)

下游 xià yóu

lower reaches (of a river) / lower level / lower echelon / downstream

中下游 zhōng xià yóu

middle and lower reaches

下三滥 xià sān làn

riffraff / scum / lowlife / despicable / inferior

下潜 xià qián

dive

低下 dī xià

low status / lowly / to lower (one's head)

余下 yú xià

remaining

燕下都 yàn xià dōu

Yanxiadu

犯下 fàn xià

commit

下狠心 xià hěn xīn

Cruel

下狱 xià yù

to imprison

下班 xià bān

to finish work / to get off work

留下来 liú xià lái

stay behind

下疳 xià gān

chancre

对症下药 duì zhèng xià yào

lit. to prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom); fig. to study a problem to find the right way to solve it / to take appropriate steps

万般皆下品 wàn bān jiē xià pǐn

All inferior

眼下 yǎn xià

now / at present / subocular (medicine)

欺上瞒下 qī shàng mán xià

conceal the true state of affairs from above and below oneself / bully those below one and hoodwink those above / deceive one's superiors and delude one's subordinates

私下 sī xià

in private

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