风险 風險 fēng xiǎn risk / hazard syn 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 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 出生入死 chū shēng rù sǐ from the cradle to the grave (idiom) / to go through fire and water / brave / willing to risk life and limb syn 铤而走险 鋌而走險 tǐng ér zǒu xiǎn to take a risk out of desperation (idiom) syn 拼死 pīn sǐ to go all out for sth at risk of one's life 下级 下級 xià jí low ranking / low level / underclass / subordinate syn 舍命 捨命 shě mìng to risk one's life 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 避险 避險 bì xiǎn to flee from danger / to avoid danger / to minimize risk / (finance) hedge syn 甘于 甘於 gān yú to be willing to / to be ready to / to be content with / accepting (of restriction, sacrifice, risk etc) syn 拼抢 拼搶 pīn qiǎng to fight desperately (at the risk of one's life) syn 拼杀 拼殺 pīn shā to grapple (with the enemy) / to fight at the risk of one's life syn 因噎废食 因噎廢食 yīn yē fèi shí lit. not eating for fear of choking (idiom) / fig. to cut off one's nose to spite one's face / to avoid sth essential because of a slight risk syn 安全期 ān quán qī safe period / safe days of a woman's menstrual cycle (low risk of conception) 风险管理 風險管理 fēng xiǎn guǎn lǐ risk management 找死 zhǎo sǐ to court death / to take a big risk 古惑仔 gǔ huò zǎi gangster / hooligan / problem youth / at-risk youth 投资风险 投資風險 tóu zī fēng xiǎn investment risk 高风险 高風險 gāo fēng xiǎn high risk syn 经营风险 經營風險 jīng yíng fēng xiǎn business risk 风险评估 風險評估 fēng xiǎn píng gū risk assessment 再保险 再保險 zài bǎo xiǎn reinsurance (contractual device spreading risk between insurers) 信用风险 信用風險 xìn yòng fēng xiǎn credit risk 低分 dī fēn low marks / low score 拚死 pàn sǐ to risk one's life 低碳 dī tàn (attributive) low-carbon / low-carb (diet) 拼 pīn to piece together / to put together / to pool (resources etc) / to share / to risk all / to go all out / to spell (words) syn 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 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 小声 小聲 xiǎo shēng in a low voice / (speak) in whispers 廉价 廉價 lián jià cheaply-priced / low-cost syn 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 下流 xià liú lower course of a river / low-class / mean and lowly / vulgar / obscene syn 低下 dī xià low status / lowly / to lower (one's head) syn 音调 音調 yīn diào pitch of voice (high or low) / pitch (of a musical note) / tone syn 低温 低溫 dī wēn low temperature 低声 低聲 dī shēng in a low voice / softly syn 低谷 dī gǔ valley / trough (as opposed to peaks) / fig. low point / lowest ebb / nadir of one's fortunes syn 深沉 shēn chén deep / profound / (of a person) reserved / undemonstrative / (of a voice, sound etc) deep / low-pitched 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 低价 低價 dī jià low price syn 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 销声匿迹 銷聲匿跡 xiāo shēng nì jì to vanish without trace (idiom) / to lie low 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 苦闷 苦悶 kǔ mèn depressed / dejected / feeling low syn 细语 細語 xì yǔ to chat with a low voice syn 低收入 dī shōu rù low income syn 低迷 dī mí blurred (landscape etc) / low (spirits) / in a slump (economy) syn 低廉 dī lián cheap / inexpensive / low syn 低空 dī kōng low altitude 不快 bù kuài unhappy / in low spirits / (of a knife) not sharp syn 低速 dī sù low speed 贱卖 賤賣 jiàn mài to sell cheaply / sacrifice / low price / discount sale 缺血 quē xuè (of an organ) to have insufficient blood supply / (of a blood bank) to run low on blood supplies 低频 低頻 dī pín low frequency 花坛 花壇 huā tán decorative mass planting of flowers and shrubs, often bounded by a low masonry border, and often part of a streetscape syn 低洼 低窪 dī wā low-lying syn 平底 píng dǐ flat bottomed / low heeled syn 低垂 dī chuí to droop / to hang low syn 悄声 悄聲 qiǎo shēng quietly / in a low voice syn 低血压 低血壓 dī xuè yā low blood pressure 贵贱 貴賤 guì jiàn noble and lowly / high versus low social hierarchy of ruler to people, father to son, husband to wife in Confucianism 低息 dī xī low-interest 卑下 bēi xià base / low syn 低烧 低燒 dī shāo a low fever (up to 38°C) 低热 低熱 dī rè a low fever (up to 38°C) 窑子 窯子 yáo zi (old) low-grade brothel syn 洼地 窪地 wā dì low-lying ground / depression syn 回落 huí luò to fall back / to return to low level after a rise (in water level, price etc) syn 假冒伪劣 假冒偽劣 jiǎ mào wěi liè cheap quality counterfeit (goods) / low-quality commodities syn 低矮 dī ǎi short / low 怅惘 悵惘 chàng wǎng distracted / listless / in low spirits syn 隐伏 隱伏 yǐn fú to hide / to lie low syn 灌水 guàn shuǐ to irrigate / to pour water into / to inject water into meat to increase its weight (plumping) / to cook the books / to post low-value messages (small talk etc) on Internet forums 低端 dī duān low-end 低成本 dī chéng běn low cost / inexpensive 偏低 piān dī to be on the low side / to be inadequate (e.g. of a salary) 低胸 dī xiōng low-cut (dress) / plunging (neckline) 过低 過低 guò dī too low 慢速 màn sù slow / low-speed 廉租房 lián zū fáng low-rent housing 低层 低層 dī céng low level 