⇒ 我去问一下。 Wǒ qù wèn yīxià. → I'll just go and ask. ⇒ 请大家自我介绍一下儿。 Qǐng dàjiā zìwǒ jièshào yīxiàr. → I'd like everybody to introduce themselves. ⇒ 这件事我们还得商量一下儿。 Zhè jiàn shì wǒmen hái děi shāngliang yīxiàr. → We still need to discuss this. measure word, used after verbs to indicate one's attempts to do something

afternoon

( 指由高到低 ) go down

( 下舞台 ) step down

( 指运动员 ) leave the pitch ( pt , pp left ) ⇒ 大卫只踢了不到10分钟就下场了。 Dàwèi zhǐ tīle bù dào shí fēnzhōng jiù xiàchǎng le. → David had been playing for less than ten minutes when he left the pitch.

lower level

subordinate

( 完工 ) leave one's post ( pt , pp left )

one's heart's desire ⇒ 正中下怀 zhèng zhòng xiàhuái → be exactly what one wants

assistant

( 降职 ) be demoted

( 指文章 ) ⇒ 一看下文他才知道是怎么回事。 Yī kàn xiàwén tā cái zhīdào shì zěnme huí shì. → As soon as he read what followed, he understood what had happened.

( 指由高到低 ) come down ( pt came ) , pp come ⇒ 我不上去了,你下来吧。 Wǒ bù shàngqù le, nǐ xiàlái ba. → I won't come up – you come down.

( 书 ) stay

signature

( 入水 ) launch

dirty ⇒ 下流的玩笑 xiàliú de wánxiào → dirty jokes

( 指捕鱼 ) go out to sea ( pt went ) , pp gone

( 指江河 ) lower reaches pl

finish work

start to write

bad move

subordinate

( 撒网 ) cast a net ( pt , pp cast )

whereabouts pl

finish class ⇒ 下课了,大家可以走了。 Xiàkè le, dàjiā kěyǐ zǒu le. → Class is over — everyone can go.

( 讳 ) contemptible

fall ( pt fell ) , pp fallen ⇒ 物价在下跌。 Wùjià zài xiàdiē. → Prices are falling.

download

issue

⇒ 我们的计划最好早一点儿完成,下限不得超过月底。 Wǒmen de jìhuà zuìhǎo zǎo yīdiǎnr wánchéng, xiàxiàn bùdé chāoguò yuèdǐ. → It would be best to complete the scheme early — at the very latest we must be finished by the end of the month.

( 指位置 ) underneath

( 指骑马 ) dismount

below

countryside

( 低于某点 ) ⇒ 30岁以下 sānshí suì yǐxià → under thirty ⇒ 这里的气温常年在20度以下。 Zhèlǐ de qìwēn chángnián zài èrshí dù yǐxià. → The temperature here is below twenty degrees all year round. ⇒ 俱乐部成员多数在30岁以下。 Jùlèbù chéngyuán duōshù zài sānshí suì yǐxià. → Most of the club members are under thirty. ⇒ 这个店的玩具价格200元以下的占了80%。 Zhège diàn de wánjù jiàgé èrbǎi yuán yǐxià de zhànle bǎi fēn zhī bāshí. → 80% of the toys in the shop sell for less than two hundred yuan.

inferior

underground ⇒ 地下管道 dìxià guǎndào → underground pipe ⇒ 非法地下组织 fēifǎ dìxià zǔzhī → an illegal underground organization

the world

subordinate

accept ⇒ 我收下了他的礼物。 Wǒ shōuxiàle tā de lǐwù. → I accepted his gift.

current

( 敬 ) Your Highness

⇒ 眼下正是大学生毕业找工作的时候。 Yǎnxià zhèngshì dàxuéshēng bìyè zhǎo gōngzuò de shíhou. → Now is the time when university graduates start looking for work.

privately

subordinate

( 敬 ) Your Excellency

Your Majesty

superiority and inferiority

subconscious