让 讓 ràng to yield / to permit / to let sb do sth / to have sb do sth / to make sb (feel sad etc) / by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被[bei4]) syn 退后 退後 tuì hòu to stand back / to go back (in time) / to yield / to make concessions syn 凶器 兇器 xiōng qì lethal weapon / murder weapon 低调 低調 dī diào low pitch / quiet (voice) / subdued / low-key / low-profile 屈服 qū fú to surrender / to succumb / to yield / (as a transitive verb) to defeat / to prevail over syn 低头 低頭 dī tóu to bow the head / to yield / to give in syn 低级 低級 dī jí low level / rudimentary / vulgar / low / inferior syn 让步 讓步 ràng bù to concede / to give in / to yield / a concession / (linguistics) concessive syn 低潮 dī cháo low tide / low ebb 迁就 遷就 qiān jiù to yield to / to adapt to / to accommodate oneself to (sth) syn 低沉 dī chén (of weather) overcast / gloomy / (of a voice) low and deep / low-spirited / downcast syn 出产 出產 chū chǎn to produce (by natural growth, or by manufacture, mining etc) / to yield / to turn out / produce / products syn 下级 下級 xià jí low ranking / low level / underclass / subordinate syn 屈从 屈從 qū cóng to submit / to yield / to bow to sb's will syn 松口 鬆口 sōng kǒu to let go of sth held in one's mouth / (fig.) to relent / to yield syn 让位 讓位 ràng wèi to abdicate / to yield 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 滋长 滋長 zī zhǎng to grow (usually of abstract things) / to yield / to develop syn 当量 當量 dāng liàng equivalent / yield syn 降服 xiáng fú to yield / to surrender syn 听任 聽任 tīng rèn to let (sth happen) / to allow (sb to do sth) / to submit to / to yield syn 收效 shōu xiào to yield results syn 避让 避讓 bì ràng to avoid / to yield (in traffic) / to get out of the way syn 收益率 shōu yì lǜ earnings rate / earnings yield (finance) 丰产 豐產 fēng chǎn high yield / bumper crop syn 利差 yield spread 礼让 禮讓 lǐ ràng to show consideration for (others) / to yield to (another vehicle etc) / courtesy / comity syn 出息 chū xī to yield interest, profit etc / to exhale (Buddhism) syn 减产 減產 jiǎn chǎn to produce less / to reduce output / lower yield 单产 單產 dān chǎn yield per unit area 低分 dī fēn low marks / low score 低产 低產 dī chǎn low yield 低碳 dī tàn (attributive) low-carbon / low-carb (diet) 挠 撓 náo to scratch / to thwart / to yield 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 寸步不让 寸步不讓 cùn bù bù ràng (idiom) not to yield an inch 低缓 低緩 dī huǎn low and unhurried (voice etc) / low and gently sloping (terrain) syn 诎 詘 qū to bend / to yield / to exhaust / to stutter 家伙 jiā huo household dish, implement or furniture / domestic animal / (coll.) guy / chap / weapon syn 武器 wǔ qì weapon / arms / CL:種|种[zhong3] 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 核武器 hé wǔ qì nuclear weapon 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 金刚 金剛 jīn gāng diamond / (used to translate Sanskrit "vajra", a thunderbolt or mythical weapon) / guardian deity (in Buddhist iconography) syn 低下 dī xià low status / lowly / to lower (one's head) syn 器械 qì xiè apparatus / instrument / equipment / weapon 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 迫击炮 迫擊炮 pǎi jī pào mortar (weapon) / Taiwan pr. [po4 ji2 pao4] 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 化学武器 化學武器 huà xué wǔ qì chemical weapon 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) 毒剂 毒劑 dú jì a poison / a toxic agent / poison gas / a chemical weapon 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 生物武器 shēng wù wǔ qì biological weapon 卑贱 卑賤 bēi jiàn lowly / mean and low syn 涉案 shè àn (of a perpetrator, victim, weapon, sum of money etc) to be involved in the case 利器 lì qì sharp weapon / effective implement / outstandingly able individual 苦闷 苦悶 kǔ mèn depressed / dejected / feeling low syn 核武 hé wǔ nuclear weapon 细语 細語 xì yǔ to chat with a low voice syn 低收入 dī shōu rù low income syn 法宝 法寶 fǎ bǎo Buddha's teaching / Buddhist monk's apparel, staff etc / (Daoism) magic weapon / talisman / fig. specially effective device / magic wand 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 轻武器 輕武器 qīng wǔ qì light weapon 重武器 zhòng wǔ qì heavy weapon 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 金箍棒 jīn gū bàng golden cudgel, weapon wielded by Sun Wukong in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4] 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 