军事 軍事 jūn shì military affairs / (attributive) military syn 一模一样 一模一樣 yī mú yī yàng exactly the same (idiom) / carbon copy / also pr. [yi1 mo2 yi1 yang4] syn 低调 低調 dī diào low pitch / quiet (voice) / subdued / low-key / low-profile 行政 xíng zhèng administration / (attributive) administrative / executive 低级 低級 dī jí low level / rudimentary / vulgar / low / inferior syn 应急 應急 yìng jí to respond to an emergency / to meet a contingency / (attributive) emergency 外部 wài bù the outside / (attributive) external / exterior / surface syn 周边 周邊 zhōu biān periphery / rim / perimeter / surroundings / (computing) (attributive) peripheral / merch (abbr. for 周邊商品|周边商品[zhou1bian1 shang1pin3]) syn 二氧化碳 èr yǎng huà tàn carbon dioxide CO2 syn 候选 候選 hòu xuǎn candidate (attributive) 史前 shǐ qián prehistoric times / (attributive) prehistoric syn 一氧化碳 yī yǎng huà tàn carbon monoxide CO 低潮 dī cháo low tide / low ebb 入门 入門 rù mén entrance door / to enter a door / to learn the basics of a subject / introduction (to a subject) / (attributive) entry-level 发条 發條 fā tiáo clockwork spring (used to power a watch or windup toy etc) / (attributive) windup / clockwork syn 低沉 dī chén (of weather) overcast / gloomy / (of a voice) low and deep / low-spirited / downcast syn 翻版 fān bǎn to reprint / reproduction / pirate copy / (fig.) imitation / carbon copy / clone 下级 下級 xià jí low ranking / low level / underclass / subordinate syn 空降 kōng jiàng to drop from the sky / (fig.) to appear out of nowhere / (attributive) airborne 科普 kē pǔ popularization of science (abbr. for 科學普及|科学普及[ke1xue2 pu3ji2]) / (attributive) popular science / (coll.) to explain in layperson's terms syn 本科 běn kē undergraduate course / undergraduate (attributive) 低压 低壓 dī yā low pressure / low voltage 流沙 liú shā quicksand / (patisserie) (usu. attributive) semi-liquid filling (typically custard) / lava 低档 低檔 dī dàng low-grade / of low worth or rank / poor quality / inferior syn 机要 機要 jī yào (attributive) (of a person) involved in sensitive, confidential work / (of information) secret / classified syn 纸质 紙質 zhǐ zhì (attributive) paper / hard-copy / printed / paper quality 活性炭 huó xìng tàn activated carbon 双生 雙生 shuāng shēng twin (attributive) / twins syn 复写纸 複寫紙 fù xiě zhǐ carbon paper 后任 後任 hòu rèn successor / to take up a position subsequently as ... / (attributive) future / subsequent syn 复写 複寫 fù xiě to duplicate / to carbon copy 抄送 chāo sòng to make a copy (and send it to someone) / Cc (for email) / Carbon Copy (for email) syn 碳纤维 碳纖維 tàn xiān wéi carbon fiber 定语 定語 dìng yǔ attributive (modifier) 碳钢 tàn gāng carbon steel 低分 dī fēn low marks / low score 活性碳 huó xìng tàn activated carbon 炭黑 tàn hēi black carbon 炭纤维 carbon fibre 碳黑 tàn hēi soot / carbon black 碳原子 tàn yuán zǐ carbon atom 四氯化碳 sì lǜ huà tàn carbon tetrachloride 碳 tàn carbon (chemistry) 洼 窪 wā depression / low-lying area / low-lying / sunken syn 高不成低不就 gāo bù chéng dī bù jiù can't reach the high or accept the low (idiom) / not good enough for a high post, but too proud to take a low one 低缓 低緩 dī huǎn low and unhurried (voice etc) / low and gently sloping (terrain) syn 二硫化碳 èr liú huà tàn carbon disulfide 隐藏 隱藏 yǐn cáng to hide / to conceal / to mask / to shelter / to harbor (i.e. keep sth hidden) / to hide oneself / to lie low / to nestle / hidden / implicit / private / covert / recessed (lighting) syn 小声 小聲 xiǎo shēng in a low voice / (speak) in whispers 廉价 廉價 lián jià cheaply-priced / low-cost syn 埋伏 mái fú to ambush / to lie in wait for / to lie low / ambush syn 扫地 掃地 sǎo dì to sweep the floor / (fig.) (of one's reputation etc) to reach rock bottom / to be at an all-time low syn 小人 xiǎo rén person of low social status (old) / I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself) / nasty person / vile character syn 下流 xià liú lower course of a river / low-class / mean and lowly / vulgar / obscene syn 低下 dī xià low status / lowly / to lower (one's head) syn 音调 音調 yīn diào pitch of voice (high or low) / pitch (of a musical note) / tone syn 低温 低溫 dī wēn low temperature 低声 低聲 dī shēng in a low voice / softly syn 低谷 dī gǔ valley / trough (as opposed to peaks) / fig. low point / lowest ebb / nadir of one's fortunes syn 深沉 shēn chén deep / profound / (of a person) reserved / undemonstrative / (of a voice, sound etc) deep / low-pitched syn 谷底 gǔ dǐ valley floor / (fig.) lowest ebb / all-time low syn 自卑 zì bēi to have low self-esteem / to abase oneself syn 低价 低價 dī jià low price syn 矮小 ǎi xiǎo short and small / low and small / undersized syn 无精打采 無精打采 wú jīng dǎ cǎi dispirited and downcast (idiom) / listless / in low spirits / washed out 销声匿迹 銷聲匿跡 xiāo shēng nì jì to vanish without trace (idiom) / to lie low syn 低劣 dī liè inferior quality / substandard / low-grade syn 小妹 xiǎo mèi little sister / girl / (Tw) young female employee working in a low-level role dealing with the public (assistant, waitress, attendant etc) 淡水 dàn shuǐ potable water (water with low salt content) / fresh water 马背 馬背 mǎ bèi horse's back / (traditional Chinese architecture) roof with a low-slung curved ridgelines and geometric shapes on the upper gable walls at the ends of the roof ridges 避风 避風 bì fēng to take shelter from the wind / to lie low / to stay out of trouble 卑贱 卑賤 bēi jiàn lowly / mean and low syn 苦闷 苦悶 kǔ mèn depressed / dejected / feeling low syn 细语 細語 xì yǔ to chat with a low voice syn 低收入 dī shōu rù low income syn 低迷 dī mí blurred (landscape etc) / low (spirits) / in a slump (economy) syn 低廉 dī lián cheap / inexpensive / low syn 低空 dī kōng low altitude 不快 bù kuài unhappy / in low spirits / (of a knife) not sharp syn 低速 dī sù low speed 贱卖 賤賣 jiàn mài to sell cheaply / sacrifice / low price / discount sale 缺血 quē xuè (of an organ) to have insufficient blood supply / (of a blood bank) to run low on blood supplies 低频 低頻 dī pín low frequency 花坛 花壇 huā tán decorative mass planting of flowers and shrubs, often bounded by a low masonry border, and often part of a streetscape syn 低洼 低窪 dī wā low-lying syn 平底 píng dǐ flat bottomed / low heeled syn 低垂 dī chuí to droop / to hang low syn 悄声 悄聲 qiǎo shēng quietly / in a low voice syn 低血压 低血壓 dī xuè yā low blood pressure 贵贱 貴賤 guì jiàn noble and lowly / high versus low social hierarchy of ruler to people, father to son, husband to wife in Confucianism 低息 dī xī low-interest 卑下 bēi xià base / low syn 低烧 低燒 dī shāo a low fever (up to 38°C) 低热 低熱 dī rè a low fever (up to 38°C) 窑子 窯子 yáo zi (old) low-grade brothel syn 洼地 窪地 wā dì low-lying ground / depression syn 回落 huí luò to fall back / to return to low level after a rise (in water level, price etc) syn 假冒伪劣 假冒偽劣 jiǎ mào wěi liè cheap quality counterfeit (goods) / low-quality commodities syn 低矮 dī ǎi short / low 