压住 壓住 yā zhù to press down / to crush down / to restrain (anger) / to keep down (voice) 垂 chuí to hang (down) / droop / dangle / bend down / hand down / bequeath / nearly / almost / to approach syn 提 tí to carry (hanging down from the hand) / to lift / to put forward / to mention / to raise (an issue) / upwards character stroke / lifting brush stroke (in painting) / scoop for measuring liquid syn 垂髫 chuí tiáo hair hanging down (child's hairstyle) / (fig.) young child / early childhood syn 撩 liāo to lift up (sth hanging down) / to raise (hem of skirt) / to pull up (sleeve) / to sprinkle (water with cupped hands) syn 髫 tiáo (literary) hair hanging down in front (children's hairstyle) syn 解民倒悬 解民倒懸 jiě mín dào xuán lit. to rescue the people from hanging upside down (idiom, from Mencius) / to save the people from dire straits 封神榜 fēng shén bǎng Investiture of the Gods, major Ming dynasty vernacular novel of mythology and fantasy, very loosely based on King Wu of Zhou's 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2] overthrow of the Shang, subsequent material for opera, film, TV series, computer games etc 封神演义 封神演義 fēng shén yǎn yì Investiture of the Gods, major Ming dynasty vernacular novel of mythology and fantasy, very loosely based on King Wu of Zhou's 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2] overthrow of the Shang, subsequent material for opera, film, TV series, computer games etc 华容道 華容道 huá róng dào Huarong Road (traditional puzzle involving sliding wooden blocks, loosely based on an episode in Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4]) 笊 zhào loosely woven bamboo ladle 鉴往知来 鑒往知來 jiàn wǎng zhī lái to observe the past to foresee the future (idiom, taken loosely from Book of Songs) / studying ancient wisdom gives insight into what is to come 橤 ruǐ dangle / hang loosely 繠 ruǐ dangle / hang loosely 一种粗棉布 一種粗棉布 yī zhǒng cū mián bù A coarse, loosely woven cotton gauze, originally used for wrapping cheese. 间充质 間充質 jiān chōng zhì mesenchyme (loosely organized embryonic connective tissue) 纱支 紗支 shā zhī (textiles) yarn count (unit indicating the fineness of a yarn) (sometimes used loosely to mean thread count) 下来 下來 xià lai to come down / (completed action marker) / (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.) / (indicates continuation from the past towards us) / to be harvested (of crops) / to be over (of a period of time) / to go among the masses (said of leaders) syn 放下 fàng xià to lay down / to put down / to let go of / to relinquish / to set aside / to lower (the blinds etc) syn 打倒 dǎ dǎo to overthrow / to knock down / Down with ... ! syn 倒数 倒數 dào shǔ to count backwards (from 10 down to 0) / to count down / from the bottom (lines on a page) / from the back (rows of seats) 淡化 dàn huà to water down / to play down / to trivialize / to weaken / to become dull with time / to desalinate / desalination syn 抛下 拋下 pāo xià to throw down / to dump / to abandon / thrown down 击倒 擊倒 jī dǎo to knock down / knocked down syn 笔录 筆錄 bǐ lù to put down in writing / to take down notes / transcript / record syn 俯冲 俯衝 fǔ chōng to dive down fast / to swoop down 倒立 dào lì a handstand / to turn upside down / to stand on one's head / upside down syn 下 xià down / downwards / below / lower / later / next (week etc) / second (of two parts) / to decline / to go down / to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) / measure word to show the frequency of an action syn 落井下石 luò jǐng xià shí to throw stones at sb who has fallen down a well (idiom) / to hit a person when he's down syn 撂倒 liào dǎo to knock down / to mow down 牵累 牽累 qiān lèi to weigh down / tied down (by affairs) syn 牵累 牽累 qiān lěi to weigh down / to trouble / to implicate (sb) / tied down (by affairs) syn 奔泻 奔瀉 bēn xiè (of torrents) to rush down / to pour down syn 倒 dào to invert / to place upside down or frontside back / to pour out / to tip out / to dump / inverted / upside down / reversed / to go backward / contrary to what one might expect / but / yet syn 撂 liào to put down / to leave behind / to throw or knock down / to abandon or discard syn 投井下石 tóu jǐng xià shí to throw stones at sb who has fallen down a well (idiom) / to hit a person when he's down syn 崩倒 bēng dǎo to collapse / to crash down / to fall down in a heap 掺水 摻水 chān shuǐ to dilute / to water down / watered down 打千 dǎ qiān genuflection, a form of salutation in Qing times performed by men, going down on the right knee and reaching down with the right hand 披垂 pī chuí (of clothes, hair etc) to hang down and cover / to flow down 下视 下視 xià shì to look down from above / (fig.) to look down on / to despise 放倒 fàng dǎo to knock over / to knock down / to lay flat / to fell / to bring down 拖垮 tuō kuǎ to drag down / to bring down 垂头丧气 垂頭喪氣 chuí tóu sàng qì hanging one's head dispiritedly (idiom) / dejected / crestfallen syn 吊灯 吊燈 diào dēng hanging lamp 吊牌 弔牌 diào pái hangtag / swing tag / hanging sign 扣人心弦 kòu rén xīn xián to excite / to thrill / exciting / thrilling / cliff-hanging syn 铁马 鐵馬 tiě mǎ armored horse / cavalry / metal chimes hanging from eaves / steel barricade / (Tw) bike 吊死 diào sǐ death by hanging / to hang oneself syn 壁挂 壁掛 bì guà wall hanging 悬而未决 懸而未決 xuán ér wèi jué pending a decision / hanging in the balance 绞刑 絞刑 jiǎo xíng to execute by hanging 帘幕 lián mù hanging screen / curtain over shop door (for privacy and serving as advertisement) syn 绞死 絞死 jiǎo sǐ to hang (i.e. execute by hanging) / to strangle 吊钩 吊鉤 diào gōu suspended hook / hanging hook / hanger 吊篮 吊籃 diào lán hanging basket (for flowers) / gondola (of cable car) 绞刑架 絞刑架 jiǎo xíng jià gibbet / hanging post 悬河 懸河 xuán hé "hanging" river (an embanked one whose riverbed is higher than the surrounding floodplain) / (literary) waterfall / cataract / (fig.) torrent of words 吊杆 diào gān a boom (i.e. transverse beam for hanging objects) 绞索 絞索 jiǎo suǒ a noose for hanging criminals 不绝如缕 不絕如縷 bù jué rú lǚ hanging by a thread / very precarious / almost extinct / (of sound) linger on faintly syn 缢死 縊死 yì sǐ to execute by hanging / to hang oneself 壁毯 bì tǎn tapestry (used as a wall hanging) 帘 簾 lián hanging screen or curtain syn 冕 miǎn crown in the form of a horizontal board with hanging decorations / imperial crown syn 揄 yú to draw out / to let hanging 缢 縊 yì (literary) to die by hanging or strangulation 幛 zhàng hanging scroll syn 跂 qì to stand on tiptoe / to sit with feet hanging 鬑 lián hanging temple hair 釭 gāng hanging bowl for lamp or fish 簨 sǔn cross-beam for hanging bells 风中之烛 風中之燭 fēng zhōng zhī zhú lit. candle in the wind (idiom) / fig. (of sb's life) feeble / hanging on a thread syn 屏条 屏條 píng tiáo set of (usually four) hanging scrolls syn 瑱 tiàn (literary) jade pendants attached to an official hat and hanging beside each ear, symbolizing refusal to listen to malicious talk / (literary) to fill up 吊死鬼 diào sǐ guǐ ghost of a person who died by hanging / hanged person / (coll.) inchworm / hangman (word game) 前途未卜 qián tú wèi bǔ hanging in the balance / the future is hard to forecast / ¿Qué serà? / who knows what the future holds? 劈挂拳 劈掛拳 pī guà quán Piguaquan "Chop-Hanging Fist" (Chinese Martial Art) 喜幛 xǐ zhàng celebratory hanging scroll 投缳 投繯 tóu huán to hang oneself / to commit suicide by hanging 缳首 繯首 huán shǒu death by hanging 短尾鹦鹉 短尾鸚鵡 duǎn wěi yīng wǔ (bird species of China) vernal hanging parrot (Loriculus vernalis) 挂轴 掛軸 guà zhóu hanging scroll (calligraphy or painting) 空中花园 空中花園 kōng zhōng huā yuán hanging gardens (Babylon etc) / rooftop garden 悬滴结晶 懸滴結晶 xuán dī jié jīng hanging drop crystallization 可轻易完成的目标 可輕易完成的目標 low-hanging fruit 轻而易举的工作 輕而易舉的工作 low-hanging fruit 风中烛，瓦上霜 風中燭，瓦上霜 fēng zhōng zhú , wǎ shàng shuāng lit. like a candle in the wind, or frost on the roof (idiom) / fig. (of sb's life) feeble / hanging on a thread 绞杀 絞殺 jiǎo shā to kill by strangling, hanging or garrotting / (fig.) to snuff out 挂饰 掛飾 guà shì hanging decoration 下去 xià qù to go down / to descend / to go on / to continue / (of a servant) to withdraw syn 关闭 關閉 guān bì to close / to shut (a window etc) / (of a shop, school etc) to shut down syn 降低 jiàng dī to reduce / to lower / to bring down syn 下降 xià jiàng to decline / to drop / to fall / to go down / to decrease syn 对不起 對不起 duì bu qǐ I'm sorry / excuse me / I beg your pardon / to let (sb) down / to disappoint syn 打击 打擊 dǎ jī to hit / to strike / to attack / to crack down on sth / blow / (psychological) shock / percussion (music) syn 上下 shàng xià up and down / top and bottom / old and young / length / about / more or less syn 降价 降價 jiàng jià to cut the price / to drive down the price / to get cheaper syn 节省 節省 jié shěng saving / to save / to use sparingly / to cut down on syn 