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 远 遠 yuǎn far / distant / remote / (intensifier in a comparison) by far / much (lower etc) syn 以下 yǐ xià that level or lower / that amount or less / the following syn 怪兽 怪獸 guài shòu rare animal / mythical animal / monster 减少 減少 jiǎn shǎo to lessen / to decrease / to reduce / to lower syn 降低 jiàng dī to reduce / to lower / to bring down syn 下流 xià liú lower course of a river / low-class / mean and lowly / vulgar / obscene syn 下达 下達 xià dá to transmit to lower levels / to issue (a command, decree etc) 低下 dī xià low status / lowly / to lower (one's head) syn 低于 dī yú to be lower than syn 削减 削減 xuē jiǎn to cut down / to reduce / to lower syn 喂养 餵養 wèi yǎng to feed (a child, domestic animal etc) / to keep / to raise (an animal) syn 下颚 下顎 xià è mandible (lower jaw) syn 下身 xià shēn lower part of the body / genitalia / trousers syn 降温 降溫 jiàng wēn to become cooler / to lower the temperature / cooling / (of interest, activity etc) to decline syn 小腿 xiǎo tuǐ lower leg (from knee to ankle) / shank syn 下层 下層 xià céng underlayer / lower class / lower strata / substrate 压低 壓低 yā dī to lower (one's voice) syn 下体 下體 xià tǐ lower body / euphemism for genitals / root and stem of plants syn 小牛 xiǎo niú calf / (coll.) lower-priced model of Lamborghini syn 下游 xià yóu lower reaches (of a river) / lower level / lower echelon / downstream syn 埋头 埋頭 mái tóu to immerse oneself in / engrossed in sth / to lower the head (e.g. to avoid rain) / countersunk (of screws, rivets etc) 众议院 眾議院 zhòng yì yuàn lower house of bicameral assembly / House of Representatives (USA) / Chamber of Deputies 掉以轻心 掉以輕心 diào yǐ qīng xīn to treat sth lightly / to lower one's guard syn 降职 降職 jiàng zhí to demote (to a lower rank) syn 下肢 xià zhī lower limbs syn 限额 限額 xiàn é quota / limit (upper or lower) / to set a quota / to set a limit 腰椎 yāo zhuī lumbar vertebra (lower backbone) syn 下颌 下頜 xià hé lower jaw / mandible syn 江南 jiāng nán south of Changjiang or Yangtze river / south of the lower reaches of Changjiang / often refers to south Jiangsu, south Anhui and north Zhejiang provinces / a province during Qing times / in literature, refers to the sunny south / Gangnam (district in Seoul, South Korea) 小腹 xiǎo fù underbelly / lower abdomen syn 地头 地頭 dì tóu place / locality / edge of a field / lower margin of a page syn 三军 三軍 sān jūn (in former times) upper, middle and lower army / army of right, center and left / (in modern times) the three armed services: Army, Navy and Air Force syn 降压 降壓 jiàng yā to reduce the pressure (of a fluid) / to lower one's blood pressure / to lower (or step down) the voltage 下行 xià xíng (of trains) down (i.e. away from the capital) / (of river boats) to travel downstream / to issue (a document) to lower bureaucratic levels / (of writing on the page) vertical, proceeding from top to bottom syn 减低 減低 jiǎn dī to lower / to reduce syn 降格 jiàng gé to downgrade / to lower the standard / degrading / humiliating syn 下议院 下議院 xià yì yuàn lower chamber (of legislative body) / lower house / the House of Commons 闭幕 閉幕 bì mù the curtain falls / lower the curtain / to come to an end (of a meeting) syn 中原 zhōng yuán Central Plain, the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei syn 下调 下調 xià tiáo to adjust downwards / to lower (prices, wages etc) 后腰 後腰 hòu yāo lower back / (sports) defensive midfielder syn 低龄 低齡 dī líng (of a member of a specific cohort) lower than average in age syn 豢养 豢養 huàn yǎng to keep (an animal) / to look after the needs of (a person or an animal) / (fig.) to keep (a spy, lackey etc) in one's pay syn 降息 jiàng xī to lower interest rates syn 杜马 杜馬 dù mǎ Duma, lower chamber of Russian parliament 放下 fàng xià to lay down / to put down / to let go of / to relinquish / to set aside / to lower (the blinds etc) syn 下调 下調 xià diào to demote / to pass down to a lower unit 下发 下發 xià fā to issue (a memorandum etc) to lower levels / to distribute (e.g. disaster relief to victims) syn 调价 調價 tiáo jià to raise or lower the price / price adjustment 下半身 xià bàn shēn lower half of one's body / Lower Body (Chinese poetry movement of the early 21st century) syn 衣角 yī jiǎo corner of the lower hem of a jacket etc 减产 減產 jiǎn chǎn to produce less / to reduce output / lower yield 下唇 xià chún lower lip 放低 fàng dī to lower / to be humble 引种 引種 yǐn zhǒng (agriculture, animal husbandry) to introduce a new variety of plant or animal 扬子江 揚子江 yáng zǐ jiāng Changjiang 長江|长江 or Yangtze River / old name for Changjiang, especially lower reaches around Yangzhou 揚州|扬州 下界 xià jiè lower bound (math.) / world of mortals / (of gods) to descend to the world of mortals 放权 放權 fàng quán to devolve authority to lower levels syn 下腹部 xià fù bù lower abdomen 磨盘 磨盤 mò pán lower millstone / tray of a mill syn 臣妾 chén qiè (literary) I, your servant (self-appellation of a lower-rank female) / (archaic) male and female slaves / subjects (of a ruler) 下眼睑 下眼瞼 xià yǎn jiǎn lower eyelid 下院 xià yuàn lower house (of parliament) 上下其手 shàng xià qí shǒu to raise and lower one's hand (idiom) / to signal as conspiratorial hint / fig. conspiring to defraud syn 减息 減息 jiǎn xī to lower the interest rate 贫下中农 貧下中農 pín xià zhōng nóng (category defined by the Communist Party) poor and lower-middle peasants: farmers who, before land reform, possessed little or no land (poor peasants) and those who were barely able to support themselves with their own land (lower-middle peasants) 下颔 下頷 xià hàn lower jaw / mandible 低 dī low / beneath / to lower (one's head) / to let droop / to hang down / to incline 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 虫 蟲 chóng lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures / CL:條|条[tiao2],隻|只[zhi1] / (fig.) person with a particular undesirable characteristic syn 矮 ǎi (of a person) short / (of a wall etc) low / (of rank) inferior (to) / lower (than) syn 沉 chén to submerge / to immerse / to sink / to keep down / to lower / to drop / deep / profound / heavy syn 腰 yāo the waist and lower back / (bound form) kidney of an animal (as food) / the waist of trousers or a skirt / (metonym) money pouch / pocket / (bound form) the middle section of an upright object (mountain, bottle etc) syn 减 減 jiǎn to lower / to decrease / to reduce / to subtract / to diminish syn 畜 chù livestock / domesticated animal / domestic animal syn 牲 shēng domestic animal / sacrificial animal syn 挫 cuò obstructed / to fail / to oppress / to repress / to lower the tone / to bend back / to dampen syn 降旗 jiàng qí to lower a flag / to strike the colors 对流层 對流層 duì liú céng troposphere / lower atmosphere 畜力 chù lì animal power / animal-drawn (plow etc) 西陵峡 西陵峽 xī líng xiá Xiling Gorge on the Changjiang or Yangtze, the lower of the Three Gorges 三峽|三峡[San1 Xia2] 初小 chū xiǎo lower elementary school (abbr. for 初級小學|初级小学[chu1 ji2 xiao3 xue2]) syn 调资 調資 tiáo zī wage adjustment / to raise or lower wages 使役 shǐ yì to use (an animal or servant) / working (animal) / (beast) of burden / causative form of verbs (esp. in grammar of Japanese, Korean etc) syn 等而下之 děng ér xià zhī going from there to lower grades (idiom) syn 中阮 zhōng ruǎn zhongruan or alto lute, like pipa 琵琶 but bigger and lower range 裳 cháng lower garment / skirts / petticoats / garments syn 臁 lián sides of the lower part of the leg 褰 qiān to lift (clothes, sheets) / lower garments syn 轾 輊 zhì back and lower of chariot / short / low 它 tā it (pronoun for an animal) syn 家伙 jiā huo household dish, implement or furniture / domestic animal / (coll.) guy / chap / weapon syn 动物 動物 dòng wù animal / CL:隻|只[zhi1],群[qun2],個|个[ge4] syn 厉害 厲害 lì hai (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible / intense / severe / devastating / amazing / awesome / outstanding / (of a person) stern / strict / harsh / shrewd / tough / (of an animal) fierce / (of a resemblance) striking / (of liquor or chili pepper) strong / (of bacteria) virulent syn 玩偶 wán ǒu toy figurine / action figure / stuffed animal / doll / (fig.) sb's plaything syn 野兽 野獸 yě shòu beast / wild animal syn 公 gōng public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal) syn 畜生 chù sheng domestic animal / brute / bastard syn 