低调 低調 dī diào low pitch / quiet (voice) / subdued / low-key / low-profile 低级 低級 dī jí low level / rudimentary / vulgar / low / inferior syn 过滤 過濾 guò lǜ to filter syn 割伤 割傷 gē shāng to gash / to cut / gash / cut 筛选 篩選 shāi xuǎn to filter syn 过滤器 過濾器 guò lǜ qì filtering apparatus / (machine) filter 切入 qiē rù to cut into / to penetrate deeply into (a topic, area etc) / (sports) (soccer etc) to penetrate (the defenses of the opposing team) / (cinema) to cut (to the next scene) 低潮 dī cháo low tide / low ebb 低沉 dī chén (of weather) overcast / gloomy / (of a voice) low and deep / low-spirited / downcast syn 截断 截斷 jié duàn to break or cut in two / to sever / to cut off / (fig.) to cut off (a conversation, a flow etc) / to interrupt / (math.) to truncate 下级 下級 xià jí low ranking / low level / underclass / subordinate syn 低压 低壓 dī yā low pressure / low voltage 剪切 jiǎn qiē to cut (with scissors or similar tool) / to shear / (geology) shear / (computing) to cut (as in "cut-and-paste") syn 低档 低檔 dī dàng low-grade / of low worth or rank / poor quality / inferior syn 除尘 除塵 chú chén to eliminate dust (i.e. filter out suspended particles) 滤波器 濾波器 lǜ bō qì signal filter 滤器 濾器 lǜ qì filter / strainer syn 滤纸 濾紙 lǜ zhǐ filter paper 滤镜 濾鏡 lǜ jìng (photography) filter 低胸 dī xiōng low-cut (dress) / plunging (neckline) 滤芯 濾芯 lǜ xīn filter cartridge / filter 滤波 濾波 lǜ bō to filter electric signals 滤清器 濾清器 lǜ qīng qì a filter 剪掉 jiǎn diào to cut off / to cut away / to trim 割肉 gē ròu to cut some meat / to cut off a piece of flesh / (fig.) (coll.) to sell at a loss 沙漏 shā lòu hourglass / sand filter 滤网 濾網 lǜ wǎng filter / a sieve 低分 dī fēn low marks / low score 腰斩 腰斬 yāo zhǎn to chop sb in half at the waist (capital punishment) / to cut sth in half / to reduce sth by a dramatic margin / to terminate / to cut short 滤过 濾過 lǜ guò to filter 横切 橫切 héng qiē to cut across / a horizontal cut 过筛 過篩 guò shāi to put through a sieve / to sift (flour etc) / to strain (a liquid) / (fig.) to screen / to filter / to select 低碳 dī tàn (attributive) low-carbon / low-carb (diet) 割 gē to cut / to cut apart syn 划 劃 huá to cut / to slash / to scratch (cut into the surface of sth) / to strike (a match) syn 淋 lìn to filter / to strain / to drain / gonorrhea / (TCM) strangury syn 裁 cái to cut out (as a dress) / to cut / to trim / to reduce / to diminish / to cut back (e.g. on staff) / decision / judgment syn 滤 濾 lǜ to strain / to filter syn 筛 篩 shāi (bound form) a sieve / to sieve / to sift / to filter / to eliminate through selection / to warm a pot of rice wine (over a fire or in hot water) / to pour (wine or tea) / (dialect) to strike (a gong) syn 洼 窪 wā depression / low-lying area / low-lying / sunken syn 偏光镜 偏光鏡 piān guāng jìng polarizing filter 沥 瀝 lì to drip / to strain or filter / a trickle 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 滤色镜 濾色鏡 lǜ sè jìng color filter 滤清 濾清 lǜ qīng to filter and purify 切 qiē to cut / to slice / to carve / (math) tangential syn 伤口 傷口 shāng kǒu wound / cut syn 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 切断 切斷 qiē duàn to cut off / to sever syn 明确 明確 míng què clear-cut / definite / explicit / to clarify / to specify / to make definite syn 小声 小聲 xiǎo shēng in a low voice / (speak) in whispers 切除 qiē chú to excise / to cut out (a tumor) syn 廉价 廉價 lián jià cheaply-priced / low-cost syn 中断 中斷 zhōng duàn to cut short / to break off / to discontinue / to interrupt syn 停电 停電 tíng diàn to have a power failure / power cut 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 节省 節省 jié shěng saving / to save / to use sparingly / to cut down on syn 下流 xià liú lower course of a river / low-class / mean and lowly / vulgar / obscene syn 理发 理髮 lǐ fà to get a haircut / to have one's hair done / to cut (sb's) hair / to give (sb) a haircut syn 割断 割斷 gē duàn to cut off / to sever 低下 dī xià low status / lowly / to lower (one's head) syn 插嘴 chā zuǐ to interrupt (sb talking) / to butt in / to cut into a conversation syn 削减 削減 xuē jiǎn to cut down / to reduce / to lower syn 切割 qiē gē to cut syn 音调 音調 yīn diào pitch of voice (high or low) / pitch (of a musical note) / tone syn 截获 截獲 jié huò to intercept / to cut off and capture syn 低温 低溫 dī wēn low temperature 低声 低聲 dī shēng in a low voice / softly syn 裁员 裁員 cái yuán to cut staff / to lay off employees syn 口子 kǒu zi hole / opening / cut / gap / gash / my husband or wife / classifier for people (used for indicating the number of people in a family etc) / precedent syn 切换 切換 qiē huàn to switch over / to switch modes or data streams / to cut (to a new scene) 减价 減價 jiǎn jià to cut prices / to discount / to mark down / price cutting syn 截止 jié zhǐ to end / to close / (electricity) cut-off syn 逃学 逃學 táo xué to play truant / to cut classes syn 低谷 dī gǔ valley / trough (as opposed to peaks) / fig. low point / lowest ebb / nadir of one's fortunes syn 肉酱 肉醬 ròu jiàng minced meat sauce / (fig.) mincemeat / a person cut to pieces 鲜明 鮮明 xiān míng (of colors) bright / fresh and clear / clear-cut / distinct syn 美发 美髮 měi fà hairdressing / to give sb's hair a cut or other beauty treatment / beautiful hair syn 严酷 嚴酷 yán kù bitter / harsh / grim / ruthless / severe / cut-throat (competition) syn 伐木 fá mù to cut wood / tree-felling / lumbering syn 缩减 縮減 suō jiǎn to cut / to reduce syn 深沉 shēn chén deep / profound / (of a person) reserved / undemonstrative / (of a voice, sound etc) deep / low-pitched syn 隔绝 隔絕 gé jué to cut off / to isolate / isolated (from the world) syn 谷底 gǔ dǐ valley floor / (fig.) lowest ebb / all-time low syn 咔嚓 kā chā (onom.) breaking or snapping / (coll.) cut it out / stop it / also written 喀嚓[ka1 cha1] syn 自卑 zì bēi to have low self-esteem / to abase oneself syn 低价 低價 dī jià low price syn 划破 劃破 huá pò to cut open / to rip / to streak across (lightning, meteor etc) / to pierce (scream, searchlight etc) 截取 jié qǔ to cut off a section of sth 创口 創口 chuāng kǒu wound / cut syn 提成 tí chéng to take a percentage (from a sum of money) / a commission / a cut 狼狈 狼狽 láng bèi in a difficult situation / to cut a sorry figure / scoundrel! (derog.) syn 矮小 ǎi xiǎo short and small / low and small / undersized syn 插队 插隊 chā duì to cut in line / to jump a queue / to live on a rural community (during the Cultural Revolution) 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 断气 斷氣 duàn qì to stop breathing / to breathe one's last / to die / to cut the gas supply syn 