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 却 卻 què but / yet / however / while / to go back / to decline / to retreat / nevertheless / even though syn 拒绝 拒絕 jù jué to refuse / to decline / to reject syn 下降 xià jiàng to decline / to drop / to fall / to go down / to decrease syn 低落 dī luò downcast / gloomy / to decline / to get worse syn 推开 推開 tuī kāi to push open (a gate etc) / to push away / to reject / to decline syn 下滑 xià huá to slide down (a slope etc) / (fig.) to decline syn 衰退 shuāi tuì to decline / to fall / to drop / to falter / a decline / recession (in economics) syn 恶性 惡性 è xìng malignant / wicked / vicious (circle) / producing evil / rapid (decline) / runaway (inflation) syn 降温 降溫 jiàng wēn to become cooler / to lower the temperature / cooling / (of interest, activity etc) to decline syn 没落 沒落 mò luò to decline / to wane syn 衰落 shuāi luò to fall / to drop / to decline / to deteriorate / to go downhill syn 减退 減退 jiǎn tuì to ebb / to go down / to decline 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 衰败 衰敗 shuāi bài to decline / to wane / to decay / to deteriorate syn 推辞 推辭 tuī cí to decline (an appointment, invitation etc) syn 衰亡 shuāi wáng to decline / to die out / decline and fall 滑坡 huá pō rockslide / landslip / landslide / mudslide / fig. slump / downturn / to decline syn 败落 敗落 bài luò (of status or wealth) to decline / (of buildings etc) to become dilapidated / run-down / (of plants) to wilt syn 谦让 謙讓 qiān ràng to modestly decline syn 不置可否 bù zhì kě fǒu decline to comment / not express an opinion / be noncommittal / hedge syn 兴衰 興衰 xīng shuāi prosperity and decline (of a kingdom) / rise and fall syn 婉拒 wǎn jù to tactfully decline / to turn down gracefully syn 颓势 頹勢 tuí shì decline (in fortune) syn 下挫 xià cuò (of sales, prices etc) to fall / to drop / decline / slump syn 满清 滿清 mǎn qīng Manchurian Qing (refers to the Qing dynasty, esp. at its decline, or as an anti-Qing slogan) 锐减 銳減 ruì jiǎn steep decline 跌幅 diē fú decline (in value) / extent of a drop 走低 zǒu dī to go down / to decline syn 降幅 jiàng fú degree of reduction (in prices, numbers etc) / decline / drop 盛衰 shèng shuāi to flourish then decline / rise and fall syn 颓败 頹敗 tuí bài to decay / to decline / to become corrupt syn 推却 推卻 tuī què to repel / to decline syn 谢客 謝客 xiè kè to decline to meet a visitor / to express one's gratitude to one's guests 敬谢不敏 敬謝不敏 jìng xiè bù mǐn please excuse me for not complying / to politely decline syn 谢 謝 xiè to thank / (bound form) to apologize / (bound form) to decline / to refuse / (bound form) (of flowers, leaves etc) to wither syn 推 tuī to push / to cut / to refuse / to reject / to decline / to shirk (responsibility) / to put off / to delay / to push forward / to nominate / to elect / massage 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 退 tuì to retreat / to withdraw / to reject / to return (sth) / to decline syn 微 wēi tiny / miniature / slightly / profound / abtruse / to decline / one millionth part of / micro- / Taiwan pr. [wei2] syn 衰 shuāi (bound form) to decay / to decline / to wane syn 辞 辭 cí to resign / to dismiss / to decline / (literary) to take leave / (archaic poetic genre) ballad / variant of 詞|词[ci2] syn 走下坡路 zǒu xià pō lù to go downhill / to decline / to slump syn 萎 wěi to wither / to drop / to decline / spiritless / Taiwan pr. [wei1] syn 退席 tuì xí to absent oneself from a meeting / to decline to attend 辞谢 辭謝 cí xiè to decline gratefully syn 谦辞 謙辭 qiān cí humble words / self-deprecatory expression / to modestly decline 昃 zè afternoon / decline 积弱 積弱 jī ruò cumulative weakness / to decline (over time) / degeneration 式微 shì wēi (literary) to decline / to wane / title of a section in the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1] syn 日暮途穷 日暮途窮 rì mù tú qióng sunset, the end of the road (idiom) / in terminal decline / at a dead end syn 日落西山 rì luò xī shān the sun sets over western hills (idiom) / the day approaches its end / fig. time of decline / the end of an era / Sic transit gloria mundi 由盛转衰 由盛轉衰 yóu shèng zhuǎn shuāi from prosperity to decline / at its peak before the decline 璧还 璧還 bì huán return (a borrowed object) with thanks / decline (a gift) with thanks syn 璧谢 璧謝 bì xiè decline (a gift) with thanks syn 衰运 衰運 shuāi yùn decline in fortunes 再衰三竭 zài shuāi sān jié weakening and close to exhaustion (idiom) / in terminal decline / on one's last legs syn 凌夷 líng yí to deteriorate / to decline / to slump / also written 陵夷 国势日衰 國勢日衰 guó shì rì shuāi national decline 婉辞 婉辭 wǎn cí tactful expression / to politely decline syn 屈折语 屈折語 qū zhé yǔ to inflect (in grammar) / to decline / to conjugate 恳辞 懇辭 kěn cí to decline with sincere thanks 谢却 謝卻 xiè què to decline / to refuse politely syn 逐渐衰落 逐漸衰落 zhú jiàn shuāi luò to decline gradually 陵夷 líng yí to deteriorate / to decline / to slump / also written 凌夷 人口减少 人口減少 rén kǒu jiǎn shǎo population decline 地下水面下降 water-table decline 原因不明而数量大减的物种 原因不明而數量大減的物種 enigmatic decline species 生育率下降 fertility decline 不了 bù le no thanks (used to politely but informally decline) syn 挡驾 擋駕 dǎng jià to decline to receive a visitor / to turn sb away syn 