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 打 dǎ to beat / to strike / to hit / to break / to type / to mix up / to build / to fight / to fetch / to make / to tie up / to issue / to shoot / to calculate / to play (a game) / since / from 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 开枪 開槍 kāi qiāng to open fire / to shoot a gun syn 拍摄 拍攝 pāi shè to take (a picture) / to shoot (a film) syn 发射 發射 fā shè to shoot (a projectile) / to fire (a rocket) / to launch / to emit (a particle) / to discharge / emanation / emission syn 射击 射擊 shè jī to shoot / to fire (a gun) syn 枪击 槍擊 qiāng jī to shoot with a gun / shooting incident syn 摄影 攝影 shè yǐng to take a photograph / photography / to shoot (a movie) syn 枪杀 槍殺 qiāng shā to shoot dead 打倒 dǎ dǎo to overthrow / to knock down / Down with ... ! syn 击倒 擊倒 jī dǎo to knock down / knocked down syn 吹牛 chuī niú to talk big / to shoot off one's mouth / to chat (dialect) syn 射门 射門 shè mén (soccer, handball etc) to kick or shoot the ball towards the goal 投篮 投籃 tóu lán to shoot for the basket (basketball) 狙击 狙擊 jū jī to snipe (shoot from hiding) syn 笔录 筆錄 bǐ lù to put down in writing / to take down notes / transcript / record syn 多嘴 duō zuǐ talkative / to speak out of turn / to blab / to shoot one's mouth off / rumors fly syn 击毙 擊斃 jī bì to kill / to shoot dead 枪毙 槍斃 qiāng bì to execute by firing squad / to shoot dead / fig. to discard / to get rid of syn 饶舌 饒舌 ráo shé talkative / to blather / to shoot one's mouth off / rap (genre of music) 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 拍戏 拍戲 pāi xì to shoot a movie 弹射 彈射 tán shè to catapult / to launch / to eject (from a plane) / to shoot syn 射箭 shè jiàn archery / to shoot an arrow 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 激增 jī zēng to increase rapidly / to shoot up syn 百发百中 百發百中 bǎi fā bǎi zhòng lit. one hundred shots, one hundred hits / to carry out a task with great precision / to shoot with unfailing accuracy / be a crack shot (idiom) syn 淡化 dàn huà to water down / to play down / to trivialize / to weaken / to become dull with time / to desalinate / desalination syn 左右开弓 左右開弓 zuǒ yòu kāi gōng lit. to shoot from both sides (idiom) / fig. to display ambidexterity / to slap with one hand and then the other, in quick succession / to use both feet equally (football) syn 萌发 萌發 méng fā to sprout / to shoot / to bud syn 竹笋 竹筍 zhú sǔn bamboo shoot syn 百步穿杨 百步穿楊 bǎi bù chuān yáng to shoot with great precision (idiom) 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) 晕死 暈死 yūn sǐ Geez! / Shoot! / No way! 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 拍片 pāi piàn to shoot a film / to have a medical imaging procedure 射杀 射殺 shè shā to shoot dead (with a gun, or bow and arrow) 喷火 噴火 pēn huǒ to shoot flames / to erupt (of volcanoes) / flaming (of flowers) 爆头 爆頭 bào tóu (neologism) (slang) (often used in video gaming) to shoot sb in the head / headshot 新芽 xīn yá new shoot / new sprout 格杀勿论 格殺勿論 gé shā wù lùn shoot to kill 撂倒 liào dǎo to knock down / to mow down 蒜苗 suàn miáo garlic shoot / garlic sprouts syn 茭白 jiāo bái Manchurian wild rice 菰[gu1], aka water bamboo, or its edible stem, which resembles a bamboo shoot syn 牵累 牽累 qiān lěi to weigh down / to trouble / to implicate (sb) / tied down (by affairs) syn 拍 pāi to pat / to clap / to slap / to swat / to take (a photo) / to shoot (a film) / racket (sports) / beat (music) syn 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 射 shè to shoot / to launch / to allude to / radio- (chemistry) syn 弹 彈 tán to pluck (a string) / to play (a string instrument) / to spring or leap / to shoot (e.g. with a catapult) / (of cotton) to fluff or tease / to flick / to flip / to accuse / to impeach / elastic (of materials) 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 瞥 piē to shoot a glance / glance / to appear in a flash syn 笋 筍 sǔn bamboo shoot 弋 yì to shoot 蘖 櫱 niè new shoot growing from cut branch or stump syn 奔泻 奔瀉 bēn xiè (of torrents) to rush down / to pour down syn 摄象 攝象 shè xiàng shoot pictures / make a video recording 瞎吹 xiā chuī to boast / to shoot one's mouth off 芽苗 yá miáo a shoot / a sprout / a seedling 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 