铁幕 鐵幕 tiě mù Iron Curtain (1945-1991) (In Taiwan, the word was used to refer to both the Iron Curtain and the Bamboo Curtain.) 拉开序幕 拉開序幕 lā kāi xù mù (fig.) to raise the curtain / to lift the curtain / to be a curtain raiser for 下游 xià yóu lower reaches (of a river) / lower level / lower echelon / downstream syn 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) 帷幕 wéi mù heavy curtain syn 落幕 luò mù the curtain drops / the end of the show syn 夜幕 yè mù curtain of night / gathering darkness syn 幕墙 幕牆 mù qiáng curtain wall (architecture) 谢幕 謝幕 xiè mù to take a curtain call / (fig.) to come to an end 帘子 簾子 lián zi curtain syn 幕布 mù bù (theater) curtain syn 撩开 撩開 liāo kai to push aside (clothing, curtain etc) to reveal something / to toss aside syn 帘幕 lián mù hanging screen / curtain over shop door (for privacy and serving as advertisement) syn 浴帘 浴簾 yù lián shower curtain 垂帘听政 垂簾聽政 chuí lián tīng zhèng lit. to govern from behind the curtain / to rule in place of the emperor (idiom) 帷幔 wéi màn drapery / curtain syn 窗幔 chuāng màn curtain syn 划子 huá zi rowboat / small boat / oar / paddle / thin rod used to control a curtain etc syn 幕 幙 mù old variant of 幕[mu4] / curtain / screen syn 帐 帳 zhàng (bound form) curtain / tent / canopy / variant of 賬|账[zhang4] syn 帘 簾 lián hanging screen or curtain syn 幢 zhuàng classifier for buildings (Taiwan pr. [chuang2]) / (archaic) curtain hung over boat or carriage windows syn 幌 huǎng shop sign / (literary) window curtain 帷 wéi curtain / screen syn 幔 màn curtain syn 帏 幃 wéi curtain / women's apartment / tent 簾 lián curtain 帱 幬 chóu canopy / curtain syn 裯 chóu bed curtain / coverlet 幨 chān curtain in carriage / screen 幔子 màn zi curtain / veil 幰 xiǎn curtain at front of carriage 幙 mù curtain / screen 扑棱 撲稜 pū leng (of wings, curtain etc) to flap / to flutter 珠箔 zhū bó curtain of pearls / screen of beads 开场戏 開場戲 kāi chǎng xì curtain-raiser 帐幔 帳幔 zhàng màn curtain 幮 chú a kind of mosquito net / bed curtain 床帐 床帳 chuáng zhàng bed curtain / mosquito net 窗帷 chuāng wéi curtain syn 雨幕 yǔ mù curtain of rain / downpour 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 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 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 放权 放權 fàng quán to devolve authority to lower levels syn 下腹部 xià fù bù lower abdomen 降职 降職 jiàng zhí to demote (to a lower rank) syn 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 杜马 杜馬 dù mǎ Duma, lower chamber of Russian parliament 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 