下颌 下頜 xià hé lower jaw / mandible syn 下颔 下頷 xià hàn lower jaw / mandible 下颌骨 下頜骨 xià hé gǔ lower jaw / mandible 先礼后兵 先禮後兵 xiān lǐ hòu bīng lit. peaceful measures before using force (idiom) / fig. diplomacy before violence / jaw-jaw is better than war-war 下颔骨 下頷骨 xià hàn gǔ lower jawbone / mandible 下游 xià yóu lower reaches (of a river) / lower level / lower echelon / downstream syn 戽斗 hù dǒu bailing bucket (tool for irrigating fields) / protruding lower jaw syn 上颔 上頷 shàng hàn mandible 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) 牙关 牙關 yá guān jaw / mandibular joint 上颌 上頜 shàng hé maxilla (upper jaw) syn 颐 頤 yí (literary) chin / jaw / (literary) to foster / to nurture / to protect syn 颌 頜 hé (bound form) jaw syn 颚 顎 è jaw / palate 上颌骨 上頜骨 shàng hé gǔ maxilla (upper jaw) 笑掉大牙 xiào diào dà yá to laugh one's head off / ridiculous / jaw-dropping syn 腮颊 腮頰 sāi jiá cheek / jaw syn 颚部 顎部 è bù jaw 压板 壓板 yā bǎn vise jaw / press board (machine) 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 放低 fàng dī to lower / to be humble 腰椎 yāo zhuī lumbar vertebra (lower backbone) 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 减息 減息 jiǎn xī to lower the interest rate 降格 jiàng gé to downgrade / to lower the standard / degrading / humiliating syn 远 遠 yuǎn far / distant / remote / (intensifier in a comparison) by far / much (lower etc) 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 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] 降旗 jiàng qí to lower a flag / to strike the colors 低 dī low / beneath / to lower (one's head) / to let droop / to hang down / to incline syn 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 对流层 對流層 duì liú céng troposphere / lower atmosphere 等而下之 děng ér xià zhī going from there to lower grades (idiom) syn 沉 chén to submerge / to immerse / to sink / to keep down / to lower / to drop / deep / profound / heavy syn 减 減 jiǎn to lower / to decrease / to reduce / to subtract / to diminish syn 中阮 zhōng ruǎn zhongruan or alto lute, like pipa 琵琶 but bigger and lower range 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 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 矮 ǎi (of a person) short / (of a wall etc) low / (of rank) inferior (to) / lower (than) syn 挫 cuò obstructed / to fail / to oppress / to repress / to lower the tone / to bend back / to dampen syn 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 