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 剩下 shèng xià to remain / to be left over syn 左右 zuǒ yòu left and right / nearby / approximately / attendant / to control / to influence syn 左边 左邊 zuǒ bian left / the left side / to the left of syn 以下 yǐ xià that level or lower / that amount or less / the following syn 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 左手 zuǒ shǒu left hand / left-hand side syn 提取 tí qǔ to withdraw (money) / to collect (left luggage) / to extract / to refine syn 残留 殘留 cán liú to remain / to be left over / residual / remnant / residue syn 下流 xià liú lower course of a river / low-class / mean and lowly / vulgar / obscene syn 左撇子 zuǒ piě zi left-hander 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 左侧 左側 zuǒ cè left side syn 削减 削減 xuē jiǎn to cut down / to reduce / to lower syn 残留物 殘留物 cán liú wù remnant / residue / material left over 下颚 下顎 xià è mandible (lower jaw) syn 精光 jīng guāng nothing left (money, food etc) / all finished / bright and shiny / radiant / glorious syn 下身 xià shēn lower part of the body / genitalia / trousers syn 左翼 zuǒ yì left-wing (political) syn 降温 降溫 jiàng wēn to become cooler / to lower the temperature / cooling / (of interest, activity etc) to decline syn 殆尽 殆盡 dài jìn almost exhausted / nearly depleted / practically nothing left syn 无计可施 無計可施 wú jì kě shī no strategy left to try (idiom) / at one's wit's end / at the end of one's tether / powerless 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 左右手 zuǒ yòu shǒu left and right hands / (fig.) capable assistant / right-hand man syn 荒芜 荒蕪 huāng wú left to return to unchecked growth / overgrown / grown wild 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 左面 zuǒ miàn left side 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 无依无靠 無依無靠 wú yī wú kào no one to rely on (idiom) / on one's own / orphaned / left to one's own devices 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) 潜台词 潛臺詞 qián tái cí unspoken dialogue in a play, left for the audience to infer / subtext / (fig.) implicit assertion 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 左派 zuǒ pài (political) left / left wing / leftist syn 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 扬长而去 揚長而去 yáng cháng ér qù to swagger off / to walk off (or drive off etc) without a second thought for those left behind 遗志 遺志 yí zhì the mission in life of a deceased person, left to others to carry on 左上 zuǒ shàng upper left 左倾 左傾 zuǒ qīng left-leaning / progressive 余力 餘力 yú lì energy left over (to do sth else) syn 闭幕 閉幕 bì mù the curtain falls / lower the curtain / to come to an end (of a meeting) syn 左岸 zuǒ àn Left Bank (in Paris) 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 左顾右盼 左顧右盼 zuǒ gù yòu pàn glancing to left and right (idiom) / to look all around syn 低龄 低齡 dī líng (of a member of a specific cohort) lower than average in age syn 里手 裡手 lǐ shǒu expert / left-hand side (of a machine) / left-hand side (driver's side) of a vehicle syn 不甘寂寞 bù gān jì mò unwilling to remain lonely or idle / unwilling to be left out syn 歇后语 歇後語 xiē hòu yǔ anapodoton (a saying in which the second part, uttered after a pause or totally left out, is the intended meaning of the allegory presented in the first part) 边角料 邊角料 biān jiǎo liào scrap / bits and pieces left over 降息 jiàng xī to lower interest rates syn 单眼 單眼 dān yǎn ommatidium (single component of insect's compound eye) / one eye (i.e. one's left or right eye) 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 向左 xiàng zuǒ facing left / leftwards / to the left 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 左转 左轉 zuǒ zhuǎn to turn left 哑口无言 啞口無言 yǎ kǒu wú yán dumbstruck and unable to reply (idiom) / left speechless / at a loss for words syn 放低 fàng dī to lower / to be humble 落单 落單 luò dān to be on one's own / to be left alone / to be left out 春联 春聯 chūn lián Spring Festival couplet (the first line of which is pasted on the right side of a doorway at New Year, and the second on the left side) syn 王明 wáng míng Wang Ming (1904-1974), Soviet-trained Chinese communist, Comintern and Soviet stooge and left adventurist in the 1930s, fell out with Mao and moved to Soviet Union from 1956 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 汪精卫 汪精衛 wāng jīng wèi Wang Ching-wei (1883-1944), left-wing Guomingdang politician, subsequently Japanese collaborator 左首 zuǒ shǒu left-hand side 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 阿罗汉 阿羅漢 ā luó hàn arhat (Sanskrit) / a holy man who has left behind all earthly desires and concerns and attained nirvana (Buddhism) 