平流层中层 middle stratosphere / mid-stratosphere 平流层上部 平流層上部 high stratosphere / upper stratosphere 下游 xià yóu lower reaches (of a river) / lower level / lower echelon / downstream syn 极角 極角 jí jiǎo polar angle / argument (angle in polar coordinates) 极轴 極軸 jí zhóu polar axis (x-axis in polar coordinates) 极地轨道卫星 polar orbiting satellite / polar satellite 极地信标实验和极光研究卫星 極地信標實驗和極光研究衛星 Polar Beacon Experiment and Auroral Research Satellite / Polar BEAR 极地涡旋 polar vortex / polar cyclone 极涡 polar vortex / polar cyclone 极地平流层云 極地平流層雲 polar stratospheric cloud / polar ice cloud 极地冰晶云 極地冰晶雲 polar stratospheric cloud / polar ice cloud 下层 下層 xià céng underlayer / lower class / lower strata / substrate 下半身 xià bàn shēn lower half of one's body / Lower Body (Chinese poetry movement of the early 21st century) 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 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) 下议院 下議院 xià yì yuàn lower chamber (of legislative body) / lower house / the House of Commons 低年级 低年級 dī nián jí a lower grade (in a school) (e.g. 1st or 2nd year) / the lower division (of a school etc) 同温层 同溫層 tóng wēn céng stratosphere 平流层 平流層 píng liú céng stratosphere 同温层巨人 同溫層巨人 tóng wēn céng jù rén stratosphere 平流层－对流层的相互作用与生物圈 Stratosphere-Troposphere Interactions and the Biosphere 北方平流层 běi fāng píng liú céng northern stratosphere 平流层下部 píng liú céng xià bù low stratosphere 平流层和中层气象学小组 平流層和中層氣象學小組 Panel on Meteorology of the Stratosphere and Mesosphere 平流层临边红外监测 平流層臨邊紅外監測 Limb Infra-red Monitoring of the Stratosphere 极点 極點 jí diǎn extreme point / pole / the origin (in polar coordinates) syn 极地 極地 jí dì polar region 北极熊 北極熊 běi jí xióng polar bear syn 白熊 bái xióng polar bear / white bear syn 寒带 寒帶 hán dài polar climate 极坐标 極座標 jí zuò biāo polar coordinates (math.) 极坐标系 極座標系 jí zuò biāo xì system of polar coordinates 极径 極徑 jí jìng modulus (distance from the origin in polar coordinates) 极轨道 極軌道 jí guǐ dào polar orbit 极地冰 極地冰 jí dì bīng polar ice 极地空间平台 Polar Platform 国际太阳两极考察飞行计划 International Solar Polar Mission 国际地极年 International Polar Year 极地实验 極地實驗 Polar Experiment 极地冰原 極地冰原 polar-cap ice 极地冰盖 極地冰蓋 polar-cap ice 极地放大 polar amplification 极地反气旋 極地反氣旋 polar anticyclone 北极区 北极區 běi jí qū northern polar zone 国际极地海洋研究方桉 國際極地海洋研究方案 Programme for International Polar Oceans Research 椭球极叁角形 橢球極三角形 ellipsoid polar triangle 极轨卫星发射火箭 極軌衛星發射火箭 Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle 极轨月球观测台 極軌月球觀測臺 Polar Orbiting Lunar Observatory 养护北极熊协定 養護北極熊協定 Agreement on Conservation of Polar Bears 极地冰层范围项目 極地冰層範圍項目 Polar Ice Extent Project 极锋急流 極鋒急流 polar front jet stream 极核 極核 jí hé polar nucleus 麦氏贼鸥 麥氏賊鷗 mài shì zéi ōu (bird species of China) South Polar skua (Stercorarius maccormicki) 摇粒绒 搖粒絨 yáo lì róng (textiles) polar fleece 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 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 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) 低于 dī yú to be lower than 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 低下 dī xià low status / lowly / to lower (one's head) syn 下达 下達 xià dá to transmit to lower levels / to issue (a command, decree etc) 下调 下調 xià tiáo to adjust downwards / to lower (prices, wages etc) 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 降温 降溫 jiàng wēn to become cooler / to lower the temperature / cooling / (of interest, activity etc) to decline syn 小牛 xiǎo niú calf / (coll.) lower-priced model of Lamborghini syn 下身 xià shēn lower part of the body / genitalia / trousers syn 限额 限額 xiàn é quota / limit (upper or lower) / to set a quota / to set a limit 压低 壓低 yā dī to lower (one's voice) syn 小腿 xiǎo tuǐ lower leg (from knee to ankle) / shank syn 小腹 xiǎo fù underbelly / lower abdomen syn 削减 削減 xuē jiǎn to cut down / to reduce / to lower syn 下流 xià liú lower course of a river / low-class / mean and lowly / vulgar / obscene syn 闭幕 閉幕 bì mù the curtain falls / lower the curtain / to come to an end (of a meeting) 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 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) 下体 下體 xià tǐ lower body / euphemism for genitals / root and stem of plants syn 调价 調價 tiáo jià to raise or lower the price / price adjustment 减低 減低 jiǎn dī to lower / to reduce 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 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 下肢 xià zhī lower limbs syn 后腰 後腰 hòu yāo lower back / (sports) defensive midfielder syn 地头 地頭 dì tóu place / locality / edge of a field / lower margin of a page syn 掉以轻心 掉以輕心 diào yǐ qīng xīn to treat sth lightly / to lower one's guard syn 众议院 眾議院 zhòng yì yuàn lower house of bicameral assembly / House of Representatives (USA) / Chamber of Deputies 下颚 下顎 xià è mandible (lower jaw) syn 放低 fàng dī to lower / to be humble 腰椎 yāo zhuī lumbar vertebra (lower backbone) syn 下颌 下頜 xià hé lower jaw / mandible syn 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 降息 jiàng xī to lower interest rates syn 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 低龄 低齡 dī líng (of a member of a specific cohort) lower than average in age syn 下界 xià jiè lower bound (math.) / world of mortals / (of gods) to descend to the world of mortals 