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 打倒 dǎ dǎo to overthrow / to knock down / Down with ... ! syn 击倒 擊倒 jī dǎo to knock down / knocked down syn 钉子 釘子 dīng zi nail / snag / saboteur syn 笔录 筆錄 bǐ lù to put down in writing / to take down notes / transcript / record syn 指甲油 zhǐ jia yóu nail polish 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 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 厮杀 廝殺 sī shā to fight at close quarters / to fight tooth and nail syn 一针见血 一針見血 yī zhēn jiàn xiě lit. to draw blood on the first prick (idiom) / fig. to hit the nail on the head syn 淡化 dàn huà to water down / to play down / to trivialize / to weaken / to become dull with time / to desalinate / desalination syn 斩钉截铁 斬釘截鐵 zhǎn dīng jié tiě lit. to chop the nail and slice the iron (idiom) / fig. resolute and decisive / unhesitating / categorical syn 一语道破 一語道破 yī yǔ dào pò one word says it all (idiom) / to hit the nail on the head / to be pithy and correct 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) 压住 壓住 yā zhù to press down / to crush down / to restrain (anger) / to keep down (voice) 抛下 拋下 pāo xià to throw down / to dump / to abandon / thrown down 撂倒 liào dǎo to knock down / to mow down 牵累 牽累 qiān lěi to weigh down / to trouble / to implicate (sb) / tied down (by affairs) syn 指甲钳 指甲鉗 zhǐ jia qián nail clipper 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 钉 釘 dīng nail / to follow closely / to keep at sb (to do sth) / variant of 盯[ding1] syn 钉 釘 dìng to join things together by fixing them in place at one or more points / to nail / to pin / to staple / to sew on syn 甲 jiǎ first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / (used for an unspecified person or thing) / first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc) / letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / armor plating / shell or carapace / (of the fingers or toes) nail / bladed leather or metal armor (old) / ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old) / civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old) / ancient Chinese compass point: 75° 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 指甲剪 zhǐ jia jiǎn nail clipper 钉锤 釘錘 dīng chuí nail hammer / claw hammer 奔泻 奔瀉 bēn xiè (of torrents) to rush down / to pour down syn 指甲刀 zhǐ jia dāo nail clipper 钉头 釘頭 dīng tóu head of nail 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 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 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 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 追查 zhuī chá to try to find out / to trace / to track down 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 追捕 zhuī bǔ to pursue / to be after / to hunt down syn 跪下 guì xia to kneel down syn 摔倒 shuāi dǎo to fall down / to slip and fall / to throw sb to the ground syn 降低 jiàng dī to reduce / to lower / to bring down syn 扔下 rēng xià to throw down / to drop (bomb) 着陆 著陸 zhuó lù landing / touchdown / to land / to touch down 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 破裂 pò liè to burst / to rupture / (of a relationship etc) to break down syn 瘫痪 癱瘓 tān huàn (medicine) to suffer paralysis / (fig.) to be paralyzed / to break down / to come to a standstill syn 减速 減速 jiǎn sù to reduce speed / to slow down syn 安置 ān zhì to find a place for / to help settle down / to arrange for / to get into bed / placement syn 上下 shàng xià up and down / top and bottom / old and young / length / about / more or less syn 以至于 以至於 yǐ zhì yú down to / up to / to the extent that... syn 抑制 yì zhì to inhibit / to keep down / to suppress syn 颠倒 顛倒 diān dǎo to turn upside down / to reverse / back to front / confused / deranged / crazy syn 驳回 駁回 bó huí to reject / to turn down / to overrule syn 追寻 追尋 zhuī xún to pursue / to track down / to search syn 记载 記載 jì zǎi to write down / to record / written account syn 安顿 安頓 ān dùn to find a place for / to help settle down / to arrange for / undisturbed / peaceful syn 节省 節省 jié shěng saving / to save / to use sparingly / to cut down on syn 流传 流傳 liú chuán to spread / to circulate / to hand down syn 收场 收場 shōu chǎng the end / an ending / to wind down / to conclude syn 分解 fēn jiě to resolve / to decompose / to break down syn 辜负 辜負 gū fù to fail to live up (to expectations) / unworthy (of trust) / to let down / to betray (hopes) / to disappoint 平息 píng xī (of wind etc) to subside / to die down / to quell / to smooth over (a dispute etc) / to suppress (a rebellion etc) syn 鞠躬 jū gōng to bow / (literary) to bend down syn 鄙视 鄙視 bǐ shì to despise / to disdain / to look down upon syn 盯住 dīng zhù to watch sb closely / to breathe down sb's neck / to mark (sports) syn 拆除 chāi chú to tear down / to demolish / to dismantle / to remove syn 藐视 藐視 miǎo shì to despise / to look down on syn 消磨 xiāo mó to wear down / to sap / to whittle away / to while away / to idle away syn 击落 擊落 jī luò to shoot down (a plane) 起伏 qǐ fú to move up and down / to undulate / ups and downs syn 下台 下臺 xià tái to go off the stage / to fall from position of prestige / to step down (from office etc) / to disentangle oneself / to get off the hook syn 倒闭 倒閉 dǎo bì to go bankrupt / to close down syn 搜捕 sōu bǔ to hunt and arrest (fugitives) / to track down and arrest / a manhunt syn 缠身 纏身 chán shēn (of an illness, debt etc) to plague one / to bog one down / to preoccupy one syn 贬低 貶低 biǎn dī to belittle / to disparage / to play down / to demean / to degrade / to devalue syn 打下 dǎ xià to lay (a foundation) / to conquer (a city etc) / to shoot down (a bird etc) syn 削减 削減 xuē jiǎn to cut down / to reduce / to lower syn 下滑 xià huá to slide down (a slope etc) / (fig.) to decline syn 火烧 火燒 huǒ shāo to set fire to / to burn down / burning hot / baked cake syn 小看 xiǎo kàn to look down on / to underestimate syn 打垮 dǎ kuǎ to defeat / to strike down / to destroy syn 卧倒 臥倒 wò dǎo to lie down / to drop to the ground syn 抛锚 拋錨 pāo máo to drop anchor / (fig.) (of a car etc) to break down syn 乱套 亂套 luàn tào in a mess / upside down syn 遗留 遺留 yí liú to leave behind / to hand down syn 以致 yǐ zhì to such an extent as to / down to / up to syn 瞧不起 qiáo bù qǐ to look down upon / to hold in contempt syn 镇压 鎮壓 zhèn yā suppression / repression / to suppress / to put down / to quell syn 