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 我国 我國 wǒ guó my country / our country syn 各国 各國 gè guó each country / every country / various countries syn 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 下级 下級 xià jí low ranking / low level / underclass / subordinate syn 土包子 tǔ bāo zi country bumpkin / boor / unsophisticated country person (humble, applied to oneself) / burial mound syn 低压 低壓 dī yā low pressure / low voltage 低档 低檔 dī dàng low-grade / of low worth or rank / poor quality / inferior syn 失真 shī zhēn to lack fidelity / (signal) distortion syn 国情 國情 guó qíng the characteristics and circumstances particular to a country / current state of a country 半壁江山 bàn bì jiāng shān half of the country (esp. when half the country has fallen into enemy hands) / vast swathe of territory syn 畸变 畸變 jī biàn distortion / aberration syn 富国 富國 fù guó rich country / make the country wealthy (political slogan) syn 闭关锁国 閉關鎖國 bì guān suǒ guó to close the passes and seal off the country / to close a country to exclude foreign contact syn 乡村音乐 鄉村音樂 xiāng cūn yīn yuè country music (country & western music genre) 低分 dī fēn low marks / low score 低碳 dī tàn (attributive) low-carbon / low-carb (diet) 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 圩 xū (dialect) country fair / country market syn 国家 國家 guó jiā country / nation / state / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 总统 總統 zǒng tǒng president (of a country) / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2],屆|届[jie4] 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 国 國 guó country / nation / state / (bound form) national syn 民 mín (bound form) the people / inhabitants of a country syn 统治 統治 tǒng zhì to rule (a country) / to govern / rule / regime syn 小声 小聲 xiǎo shēng in a low voice / (speak) in whispers 各地 gè dì in all parts of (a country) / various regions syn 国土 國土 guó tǔ country's territory / national land syn 北方 běi fāng north / the northern part a country / China north of the Yellow River syn 外国 外國 wài guó foreign country syn 宪法 憲法 xiàn fǎ constitution (of a country) / CL:部[bu4] syn 廉价 廉價 lián jià cheaply-priced / low-cost syn 国内 國內 guó nèi domestic / internal (to a country) / civil syn 国度 國度 guó dù country / nation syn 埋伏 mái fú to ambush / to lie in wait for / to lie low / ambush syn 出国 出國 chū guó to go abroad / to leave the country 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 爱国 愛國 ài guó to love one's country / patriotic syn 国旗 國旗 guó qí flag (of a country) / CL:面[mian4] 低下 dī xià low status / lowly / to lower (one's head) syn 环游 環遊 huán yóu to travel around (the world, a country etc) syn 本土 běn tǔ one's native country / native / local / metropolitan territory syn 出境 chū jìng to leave a country or region / outbound (tourism) syn 江湖 jiāng hú rivers and lakes / all corners of the country / remote areas to which hermits retreat / section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law / the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wu3xia2]) / (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc / demimonde / (in modern times) triads / secret gangster societies / underworld syn 眷顾 眷顧 juàn gù to care for / to show concern for / to think longingly (of one's country) syn 入境 rù jìng to enter a country 定居 dìng jū to settle (in some city, country etc) / to take up residence syn 音调 音調 yīn diào pitch of voice (high or low) / pitch (of a musical note) / tone syn 外地 wài dì parts of the country other than where one is syn 回国 回國 huí guó to return to one's home country 低温 低溫 dī wēn low temperature 低声 低聲 dī shēng in a low voice / softly syn 斐济 斐濟 fěi jì Fiji, country in the southwest Pacific Ocean 乡下人 鄉下人 xiāng xià rén country folk / rustic / rural folk syn 境内 境內 jìng nèi within the borders / internal (to a country, province, city etc) / domestic syn 乔治亚 喬治亞 qiáo zhì yà (Tw) Georgia, US state / (Tw) Georgia (country) 低谷 dī gǔ valley / trough (as opposed to peaks) / fig. low point / lowest ebb / nadir of one's fortunes syn 乡间 鄉間 xiāng jiān in the country / rural / pastoral syn 山地 shān dì mountainous region / hilly area / hilly country 全民 quán mín entire population (of a country) syn 本国 本國 běn guó one's own country syn 深沉 shēn chén deep / profound / (of a person) reserved / undemonstrative / (of a voice, sound etc) deep / low-pitched syn 巨头 巨頭 jù tóu tycoon / magnate / big player (including company, country, school etc) / big shot 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 京都 jīng dū capital (of a country) syn 低价 低價 dī jià low price syn 越野 yuè yě cross country 内政 內政 nèi zhèng internal affairs (of a country) 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 贵国 貴國 guì guó your distinguished country 销声匿迹 銷聲匿跡 xiāo shēng nì jì to vanish without trace (idiom) / to lie low syn 过境 過境 guò jìng to pass through a country's territory / transit syn 总司令 總司令 zǒng sī lìng commander-in-chief / top military commander for a country or theater of operations syn 出逃 chū táo to run away / to flee (the country) 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 江山 jiāng shān rivers and mountains / landscape / country / state power syn 原野 yuán yě plain / open country syn 苦闷 苦悶 kǔ mèn depressed / dejected / feeling low syn 境外 jìng wài outside (a country's) borders 细语 細語 xì yǔ to chat with a low voice syn 低收入 dī shōu rù low income syn 召见 召見 zhào jiàn call in (one's subordinates) / summon (an envoy of a foreign country) to an interview 低迷 dī mí blurred (landscape etc) / low (spirits) / in a slump (economy) syn 越境 yuè jìng to cross a border (usually illegally) / to sneak in or out of a country 建国 建國 jiàn guó to found a country / nation-building / the foundation of PRC by Mao Zedong in 1949 syn 敌国 敵國 dí guó enemy country 大国 大國 dà guó a power (i.e. a dominant country) syn 