"lower millstone" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
磨盘 磨盤 mò pán lower millstone / tray of a mill syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
下 xià n., v., m.w. 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
远 遠 yuǎn adj. far / distant / remote / (intensifier in a comparison) by far / much (lower etc) syn
以下 yǐ xià n. that level or lower / that amount or less / the following syn
减少 減少 jiǎn shǎo v. to lessen / to decrease / to reduce / to lower syn
降低 jiàng dī v. to reduce / to lower / to bring down syn
下流 xià liú lower course of a river / low-class / mean and lowly / vulgar / obscene syn
下达 下達 xià dá v. to transmit to lower levels / to issue (a command, decree etc)
低下 dī xià adj. low status / lowly / to lower (one's head) syn
低于 低於 dī yú v. to be lower than syn
削减 削減 xuē jiǎn v. to cut down / to reduce / to lower syn
下颚 下顎 xià è mandible (lower jaw) syn
下身 xià shēn lower part of the body / genitalia / trousers syn
降温 降溫 jiàng wēn v. to become cooler / to lower the temperature / cooling / (of interest, activity etc) to decline syn
小腿 xiǎo tuǐ lower leg (from knee to ankle) / shank syn
下层 下層 xià céng underlayer / lower class / lower strata / substrate
压低 壓低 yā dī to lower (one's voice) syn
下体 下體 xià tǐ lower body / euphemism for genitals / root and stem of plants syn
小牛 xiǎo niú calf / (coll.) lower-priced model of Lamborghini syn
下游 xià yóu n. lower reaches (of a river) / lower level / lower echelon / downstream 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)
众议院 眾議院 zhòng yì yuàn lower house of bicameral assembly / House of Representatives (USA) / Chamber of Deputies
掉以轻心 掉以輕心 diào yǐ qīng xīn to treat sth lightly / to lower one's guard syn
降职 降職 jiàng zhí to demote (to a lower rank) syn
下肢 xià zhī lower limbs syn
限额 限額 xiàn é quota / limit (upper or lower) / to set a quota / to set a limit
腰椎 yāo zhuī lumbar vertebra (lower backbone) syn
下颌 下頜 xià hé lower jaw / mandible 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)
小腹 xiǎo fù underbelly / lower abdomen syn
地头 地頭 dì tóu place / locality / edge of a field / lower margin of a page 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
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
下行 xià xíng v. (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
减低 減低 jiǎn dī to lower / to reduce syn
降格 jiàng gé to downgrade / to lower the standard / degrading / humiliating syn
下议院 下議院 xià yì yuàn lower chamber (of legislative body) / lower house / the House of Commons
闭幕 閉幕 bì mù the curtain falls / lower the curtain / to come to an end (of a meeting) 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
下调 下調 xià tiáo v. to adjust downwards / to lower (prices, wages etc)
后腰 後腰 hòu yāo lower back / (sports) defensive midfielder syn
低龄 低齡 dī líng (of a member of a specific cohort) lower than average in age syn
降息 jiàng xī to lower interest rates syn
杜马 杜馬 dù mǎ Duma, lower chamber of Russian parliament
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
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
调价 調價 tiáo jià to raise or lower the price / price adjustment
下半身 xià bàn shēn lower half of one's body / Lower Body (Chinese poetry movement of the early 21st century) 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
放低 fàng dī to lower / to be humble
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
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
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
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
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)
磨石 mó shí whetstone / millstone
下颔 下頷 xià hàn lower jaw / mandible
低 dī adj., v. low / beneath / to lower (one's head) / to let droop / to hang down / to incline syn
落 luò v. 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
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
矮 ǎi adj. (of a person) short / (of a wall etc) low / (of rank) inferior (to) / lower (than) syn
沉 chén v., adj. to submerge / to immerse / to sink / to keep down / to lower / to drop / deep / profound / heavy syn
腰 yāo n. 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
减 減 jiǎn v. to lower / to decrease / to reduce / to subtract / to diminish syn
碾 niǎn stone roller / roller and millstone / to grind / to crush / to husk syn
挫 cuò obstructed / to fail / to oppress / to repress / to lower the tone / to bend back / to dampen syn
沈 chén to submerge / to immerse / to sink / to keep down / to lower / to drop / deep / profound / heavy / variant of 沉[chen2]
胫 踁 jìng lower part of leg syn
降旗 jiàng qí to lower a flag / to strike the colors
对流层 對流層 duì liú céng troposphere / lower atmosphere
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]
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
等而下之 děng ér xià zhī going from there to lower grades (idiom) syn
中阮 zhōng ruǎn zhongruan or alto lute, like pipa 琵琶 but bigger and lower range
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
降调 降調 jiàng diào falling intonation (linguistics) / to lower the key of a tune / to demote
上梁不正下梁歪 shàng liáng bù zhèng xià liáng wāi lit. If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked (idiom) / fig. subordinates imitate their superiors' vices syn
蔸 dōu root and lower stem of certain plants / classifier for pieces and clumps syn
有钱能使鬼推磨 有錢能使鬼推磨 yǒu qián néng shǐ guǐ tuī mò lit. with money, you can get a devil to turn a millstone (idiom) / fig. with money, you can get anything done / money talks
断袖之癖 斷袖之癖 duàn xiù zhī pǐ lit. cut sleeve (idiom) / fig. euphemism for homosexuality, originating from History of Western Han 漢書|汉书: emperor Han Aidi (real name Liu Xin) was in bed with his lover Dong Xian, and had to attend a court audience that morning. Not wishing to awaken Dong Xian, who was sleeping with his head resting on the emperor's long robe sleeve, Aidi used a knife to cut off the lower half of his sleeve.
一般见识 一般見識 yī bān jiàn shi (idiom) to lower oneself to (sb's) level syn
低等动物 低等動物 dī děng dòng wù lower animal / primitive life-form
贩夫俗子 販夫俗子 fàn fū sú zi peddlers and common people / lower class
贩夫走卒 販夫走卒 fàn fū zǒu zú lit. peddlers and carriers / common people / lower class
人心不古 rén xīn bù gǔ (idiom) moral standards are much lower now than in former times syn
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)
降贵纡尊 降貴紆尊 jiàng guì yū zūn (idiom) To lower one’s dignity and rank: said of a person in a high position who humbles themselves to meet or accommodate people of lower status.
磨子 mò zǐ mill / grain mill / millstone syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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