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 下来 下來 xià lai to come down / (completed action marker) / (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.) / (indicates continuation from the past towards us) / to be harvested (of crops) / to be over (of a period of time) / to go among the masses (said of leaders) syn 后面 後面 hòu mian the back / the rear / the last bit / behind / near the end / at the back / later / afterwards syn 背后 背後 bèi hòu behind / at the back / in the rear / behind sb's back syn 退后 退後 tuì hòu to stand back / to go back (in time) / to yield / to make concessions syn 后退 後退 hòu tuì to recoil / to draw back / to fall back / to retreat syn 后门 後門 hòu mén back door / back gate / (fig.) back-door influence / under-the-table dealings / anus / (computing) backdoor syn 打倒 dǎ dǎo to overthrow / to knock down / Down with ... ! syn 反击 反擊 fǎn jī to strike back / to beat back / to counterattack syn 后背 後背 hòu bèi the back (human anatomy) / the back part of sth syn 击倒 擊倒 jī dǎo to knock down / knocked down syn 颠倒 顛倒 diān dǎo to turn upside down / to reverse / back to front / confused / deranged / crazy syn 回电 回電 huí diàn to call sb back (on the phone) / a return call / to reply to a telegram / to wire back / a reply telegram 退回 tuì huí to return (an item) / to send back / to go back syn 笔录 筆錄 bǐ lù to put down in writing / to take down notes / transcript / record syn 后边 後邊 hòu bian the back / the rear / the last bit / behind / near the end / at the back / later / afterwards syn 反悔 fǎn huǐ to renege / to go back (on a deal) / to back out (of a promise) syn 顶嘴 頂嘴 dǐng zuǐ to talk back / to answer back syn 倒立 dào lì a handstand / to turn upside down / to stand on one's head / upside down syn 俯冲 俯衝 fǔ chōng to dive down fast / to swoop down 如鱼得水 如魚得水 rú yú dé shuǐ like a fish back in water (idiom) / glad to be back in one's proper surroundings syn 回转 迴轉 huí zhuǎn to revolve / to rotate / to turn around / to turn back / to go back / to return / (skiing) slalom syn 落井下石 luò jǐng xià shí to throw stones at sb who has fallen down a well (idiom) / to hit a person when he's down syn 示弱 shì ruò not to fight back / to take it lying down / to show weakness / to show one's softer side 义无反顾 義無反顧 yì wú fǎn gù honor does not allow one to glance back (idiom) / duty-bound not to turn back / no surrender / to pursue justice with no second thoughts syn 淡化 dàn huà to water down / to play down / to trivialize / to weaken / to become dull with time / to desalinate / desalination syn 背靠背 bèi kào bèi back to back 送还 送還 sòng huán to return / to give back / to send back / to repatriate syn 回眸 huí móu to glance back / to look back / retrospective syn 投桃报李 投桃報李 tóu táo bào lǐ toss a peach, get back a plum (idiom) / to return a favor / to exchange gifts / Scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours. syn 回返 huí fǎn to return / to go back / to come back syn 牵累 牽累 qiān lèi to weigh down / tied down (by affairs) 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 倒数 倒數 dào shǔ to count backwards (from 10 down to 0) / to count down / from the bottom (lines on a page) / from the back (rows of seats) 脑后 腦後 nǎo hòu the back of the head / (fig.) the back of one's mind 夺回 奪回 duó huí to take back (forcibly) / to recapture / to win back syn 压住 壓住 yā zhù to press down / to crush down / to restrain (anger) / to keep down (voice) 转回 轉回 zhuǎn huí to turn back / to put back / reversal / melodic inversion (in music) syn 抛下 拋下 pāo xià to throw down / to dump / to abandon / thrown down 反转 反轉 fǎn zhuǎn reversal / inversion / to reverse / to invert (upside down, inside out, back to front, white to black etc) syn 逡巡 qūn xún to draw back / to move back and forth / to hesitate / in an instant 撂倒 liào dǎo to knock down / to mow down 回弹 回彈 huí tán (of sth that has been deformed) to spring back to original shape / (fig.) to rebound / to bounce back 牵累 牽累 qiān lěi to weigh down / to trouble / to implicate (sb) / tied down (by affairs) syn 背对背 背對背 bèi duì bèi back to back 倒 dào to invert / to place upside down or frontside back / to pour out / to tip out / to dump / inverted / upside down / reversed / to go backward / contrary to what one might expect / but / yet syn 背 bèi the back of a body or object / to turn one's back / to hide something from / to learn by heart / to recite from memory / unlucky (slang) / hard of hearing syn 归 歸 guī to return / to go back to / to give back to / (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by / to belong to / to gather together / (used between two identical verbs) despite / to marry (of a woman) (old) / division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor syn 负 負 fù to bear / to carry (on one's back) / to turn one's back on / to be defeated / negative (math. etc) syn 垂 chuí to hang (down) / droop / dangle / bend down / hand down / bequeath / nearly / almost / to approach syn 撂 liào to put down / to leave behind / to throw or knock down / to abandon or discard syn 开后门 開後門 kāi hòu mén to open the back door / fig. under the counter / to do a secret or dishonest deal / to let sth in by the back door syn 奔泻 奔瀉 bēn xiè (of torrents) to rush down / to pour down syn 翻悔 fān huǐ to renege / to go back (on a deal) / to back out (of a promise) syn 的 de of / ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的[pi2ge2 de5] "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的[pao3tang2r5de5] "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的[xin1 de5] "new one") / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs syn 还 還 huán to pay back / to return syn 不过 不過 bù guò only / merely / no more than / but / however / anyway (to get back to a previous topic) / cannot be more (after adjectival) syn 回来 回來 huí lai to return / to come back syn 对不起 對不起 duì bu qǐ I'm sorry / excuse me / I beg your pardon / to let (sb) down / to disappoint syn 却 卻 què but / yet / however / while / to go back / to decline / to retreat / nevertheless / even though syn 回去 huí qu to return / to go back syn 下去 xià qù to go down / to descend / to go on / to continue / (of a servant) to withdraw syn 提 tí to carry (hanging down from the hand) / to lift / to put forward / to mention / to raise (an issue) / upwards character stroke / lifting brush stroke (in painting) / scoop for measuring liquid syn 支持 zhī chí to be in favor of / to support / to back / support / backing / to stand by / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 屁股 pì gu buttocks / bottom / butt / back part syn 坐下 zuò xia to sit down syn 反 fǎn contrary / in reverse / inside out or upside down / to reverse / to return / to oppose / opposite / against / anti- / to rebel / to use analogy / instead / abbr. for 反切[fan3 qie4] phonetic system syn 关闭 關閉 guān bì to close / to shut (a window etc) / (of a shop, school etc) to shut down syn 打击 打擊 dǎ jī to hit / to strike / to attack / to crack down on sth / blow / (psychological) shock / percussion (music) syn 保留 bǎo liú to keep / to retain / to have reservations (about sth) / to hold back (from saying sth) / to put aside for later syn 回报 回報 huí bào (in) return / reciprocation / payback / retaliation / to report back / to reciprocate syn 膝盖 膝蓋 xī gài knee / (Internet slang) to kneel down (in admiration) syn 封锁 封鎖 fēng suǒ to blockade / to seal off / to lock down syn 支援 zhī yuán to provide assistance / to support / to back syn 收回 shōu huí to regain / to retake / to take back / to withdraw / to revoke syn 赶走 趕走 gǎn zǒu to drive out / to turn back syn 后 後 hòu back / behind / rear / afterwards / after / later / post- syn 追查 zhuī chá to try to find out / to trace / to track down 回顾 回顧 huí gù to look back / to review syn 返回 fǎn huí to return to / to come (or go) back syn 下降 xià jiàng to decline / to drop / to fall / to go down / to decrease syn 立 lì to stand / to set up / to establish / to lay down / to draw up / at once / immediately syn 复活 復活 fù huó to revive / (lit. and fig.) to come back to life / (religion) resurrection syn 当年 當年 dāng nián in those days / back then / in those years / to be in the prime of life syn 来电 來電 lái diàn incoming telephone call (or telegram) / to phone in / to send in a telegram / to have an instant attraction to sb / (of electricity, after an outage) to come back 后台 後臺 hòu tái backstage area / behind-the-scenes supporter / (computing) back-end / background syn 追捕 zhuī bǔ to pursue / to be after / to hunt down syn 跪下 guì xia to kneel down syn 回想 huí xiǎng to recall / to recollect / to think back syn 后院 後院 hòu yuàn rear court / back garden / backyard (also fig.) 摔倒 shuāi dǎo to fall down / to slip and fall / to throw sb to the ground syn 迫不及待 pò bù jí dài (idiom) unable to hold oneself back / eager to do sth without delay syn 降低 jiàng dī to reduce / to lower / to bring down syn 扔下 rēng xià to throw down / to drop (bomb) 前门 前門 qián mén front door / main entrance / honest and upright approach (as opposed to 後門|后门, back-door or under the counter) 着陆 著陸 zhuó lù landing / touchdown / to land / to touch down 回避 迴避 huí bì to shun / to avoid (sb) / to skirt / to evade (an issue) / to step back / to withdraw / to recuse (a judge etc) syn 封闭 封閉 fēng bì to close / to seal off / to close down (an illegal venue) / closed (i.e. isolated from outside input) syn 笔记 筆記 bǐ jì to take down (in writing) / notes / a type of literature consisting mainly of short sketches / CL:本[ben3] syn 