点 點 diǎn point / dot / drop / speck / o'clock / point (in space or time) / to draw a dot / to check on a list / to choose / to order (food in a restaurant) / to touch briefly / to hint / to light / to ignite / to pour a liquid drop by drop / (old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更[geng1] / dot stroke in Chinese characters / classifier for items syn 带 帶 dài band / belt / girdle / ribbon / tire / area / zone / region / CL:條|条[tiao2] / to wear / to carry / to take along / to bear (i.e. to have) / to lead / to bring / to look after / to raise syn 点子 點子 diǎn zi spot / point / dot / speck / drop (of liquid) / droplet / point (of argument) / idea / crux / indication / pointer syn 下降 xià jiàng to decline / to drop / to fall / to go down / to decrease syn 上门 上門 shàng mén to drop in / to visit / to lock a door / (of a shop) to close / to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family syn 下落 xià luò whereabouts / to drop / to fall syn 扔下 rēng xià to throw down / to drop (bomb) 坠入 墜入 zhuì rù to drop into / to fall into syn 地带 地帶 dì dài zone / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 失落 shī luò to lose (sth) / to drop (sth) / to feel a sense of loss / frustrated / disappointment / loss 坠落 墜落 zhuì luò to fall / to drop syn 罢休 罷休 bà xiū to give up / to abandon (a goal etc) / to let sth go / forget it / let the matter drop syn 险境 險境 xiǎn jìng critical circumstances / risky conditions / danger zone syn 从天而降 從天而降 cóng tiān ér jiàng (idiom) to fall from the sky / (idiom) (fig.) to appear unexpectedly / to drop into one's lap syn 卧倒 臥倒 wò dǎo to lie down / to drop to the ground syn 抛锚 拋錨 pāo máo to drop anchor / (fig.) (of a car etc) to break down syn 死心 sǐ xīn to give up / to admit failure / to drop the matter / to reconcile oneself to loss / to have no more illusions about 衰退 shuāi tuì to decline / to fall / to drop / to falter / a decline / recession (in economics) syn 脱落 脫落 tuō luò to drop off / to fall off / (of hair, teeth etc) to fall out / to omit (a character when writing) 辍学 輟學 chuò xué to drop out of school / to leave off studying / to interrupt one's studies 撤诉 撤訴 chè sù to drop a lawsuit 动不动 動不動 dòng bu dòng (typically followed by 就[jiu4]) apt to (lose one's temper, catch a cold etc) / at the drop of a hat syn 时区 時區 shí qū time zone 拉倒 lā dǎo to pull down / (coll.) to let it go / to drop it 安全区 安全區 ān quán qū a safe area / a security zone 外带 外帶 wài dài take-out (fast food) / (outer part of) tire / as well / besides / into the bargain / outer zone syn 接送 jiē sòng to pick up and drop off / to ferry back and forth syn 跌落 diē luò to fall / to drop syn 落下 luò xià to fall / to drop / to land (of projectile) syn 战区 戰區 zhàn qū war zone / combat zone / (military) theater of operations syn 衰落 shuāi luò to fall / to drop / to decline / to deteriorate / to go downhill syn 掉队 掉隊 diào duì to fall behind / to drop out syn 下坠 下墜 xià zhuì (of objects) to fall / to drop / to droop / (medicine) to experience tenesmus 空降 kōng jiàng to drop from the sky / (fig.) to appear out of nowhere / (attributive) airborne 串门 串門 chuàn mén to call on sb / to drop in / to visit sb's home syn 一落千丈 yī luò qiān zhàng lit. to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiom) / fig. (of business, popularity etc) to suffer a sudden, devastating decline / to take a dive syn 水滴 shuǐ dī drop syn 拖拉 tuō lā to drag along / to haul / (fig.) to procrastinate / shilly-shallying / sluggish / (computing) drag and drop / (loanword) tola, unit of weight, approx. 11.664 grams syn 危险区 危險區 wēi xiǎn qū hazardous area / hazard area / dangerous area / hazard zone syn 步行街 bù xíng jiē car-free zone / pedestrian street 滴水 dī shuǐ water drop / dripping water 作罢 作罷 zuò bà to drop (subject etc) syn 掉价 掉價 diào jià drop in price / devalued / to have one's status lowered syn 落差 luò chā drop in elevation / (fig.) gap (in wages, expectations etc) / disparity 亚热带 亞熱帶 yà rè dài subtropical (zone or climate) 凋落 diāo luò to wither (and drop off) / to wilt / to pass away syn 肄业 肄業 yì yè to attend (a school) / to drop out (of college etc) 下挫 xià cuò (of sales, prices etc) to fall / to drop / decline / slump syn 经济特区 經濟特區 jīng jì tè qū special economic zone 海区 海區 hǎi qū maritime zone 温带 溫帶 wēn dài temperate zone 含片 hán piàn lozenge / cough drop 猛跌 měng diē drop sharply (e.g. stock prices) syn 掉下 diào xià to drop down / to fall 跌幅 diē fú decline (in value) / extent of a drop 去死 qù sǐ go to hell! / drop dead! 降幅 jiàng fú degree of reduction (in prices, numbers etc) / decline / drop 降下 jiàng xià to fall / to drop syn 保税区 保稅區 bǎo shuì qū duty-free district / tariff-free zone / bonded area 拖放 tuō fàng drag-and-drop (computing) 自由贸易区 自由貿易區 zì yóu mào yì qū free trade zone / free trade area 中区 中區 zhōng qū central district (of a city) / central zone 摔坏 摔壞 shuāi huài to drop and break 褪下 tùn xià to take off (trousers) / to drop one's pants 开城 開城 kāi chéng Kaesong or Gaeseong city in southwest North Korea, close to the border with South Korea and a special economic zone for South Korean companies 沧海一粟 滄海一粟 cāng hǎi yī sù a drop in the ocean (idiom) syn 倒卧 倒臥 dǎo wò to lie down / to drop dead 九牛一毛 jiǔ niú yī máo lit. one hair from nine oxen (idiom) / fig. a drop in the ocean syn 专属经济区 專屬經濟區 zhuān shǔ jīng jì qū exclusive economic zone 辍学率 輟學率 chuò xué lǜ drop-out rate (from schooling) 掉 diào to fall / to drop / to lag behind / to lose / to go missing / to reduce / fall (in prices) / to lose (value, weight etc) / to wag / to swing / to turn / to change / to exchange / to swap / to show off / to shed (hair) / (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc) syn 落 luò to fall or drop / (of the sun) to set / (of a tide) to go out / to lower / to decline or sink / to lag or fall behind / to fall onto / to rest with / to get or receive / to write down / whereabouts / settlement syn 摔 shuāi to throw down / to fall / to drop and break syn 滴 dī a drop / to drip syn 降 jiàng to drop / to fall / to come down / to descend syn 沉 chén to submerge / to immerse / to sink / to keep down / to lower / to drop / deep / profound / heavy syn 跌 diē to fall / to tumble / to trip / (of prices etc) to drop / Taiwan pr. [die2] syn 东区 東區 dōng qū east district of city / east zone / Tung east district of a Taiwanese city 坠 墜 zhuì to fall / to drop / to weigh down syn 西区 西區 xī qū west district of city / west zone / Hsi west district of a Taiwanese city 南区 南區 nán qū south district of city / south zone / Nan south district of a Taiwanese city 萎 wěi to wither / to drop / to decline / spiritless / Taiwan pr. [wei1] syn 工业区 工業區 gōng yè qū industrial zone 防波堤 fáng bō dī breakwater / seawall / fig. defensive buffer zone 副热带 副熱帶 fù rè dài subtropical (zone or climate) 禁飞区 禁飛區 jìn fēi qū no-fly zone / no-fly area / air exclusion zone 板门店 板門店 bǎn mén diàn Panmunjeom, the Joint Security Area in the Korean demilitarized zone 非军事区 非軍事區 fēi jūn shì qū demilitarized zone 倒时差 倒時差 dǎo shí chā to adjust to a different time zone 限制区 限制區 xiàn zhì qū restricted zone 水泄不通 水洩不通 shuǐ xiè bù tōng lit. not one drop can trickle through (idiom) / fig. impenetrable (crowd, traffic) syn 开发区 開發區 kāi fā qū development zone 断裂带 斷裂帶 duàn liè dài fault zone (geology) 死区 死區 sǐ qū dead zone / blind spot 涓滴归公 涓滴歸公 juān dī guī gōng every drop returns to the public good (idiom) / not one penny is misused syn 滴水不漏 dī shuǐ bù lòu lit. not one drop of water can leak out / watertight / rigorous (argument) syn 滴水不羼 dī shuǐ bù chàn not diluted by one drop / hundred percent 点水不漏 點水不漏 diǎn shuǐ bù lòu not one drop of water leaks (idiom) / fig. thoughtful and completely rigorous / watertight 