| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 下 | 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 |
| 一下 | 一下 | yīxià | - (used after a verb) give it a go - to do (sth for a bit to give it a try) - one time - once - in a while - all of a sudden - all at once |
| 上下 | 上下 | shàngxià | - up and down - top and bottom - old and new - length - about |
| 下世 | 下世 | xiàshì | - to die - future incarnation - next life - to be born - to come into the world - future generation |
| 下令 | 下令 | xiàlìng | - to give an order - to command |
| 下任 | 下任 | xiàrèn | - next office holder - next to serve |
| 下来 | 下來 | xiàlai | - to come down - (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) |
| 下修 | 下修 | xiàxiū | - to revise downward |
| 下凡 | 下凡 | xiàfán | - to descend to the world (of immortals) |
| 下列 | 下列 | xiàliè | - following |
| 下午 | 下午 | xiàwǔ | - afternoon - CL:個|个[ge4] - p.m. |
| 下半 | 下半 | xiàbàn | - second half |
| 下去 | 下去 | xiàqù | - to go down - to descend - to go on - to continue - (of a servant) to withdraw |
| 下唇 | 下唇 | xiàchún | - lower lip |
| 下单 | 下單 | xiàdān | - to place an order - to order - an order (of goods) |
| 下回 | 下回 | xiàhuí | - next chapter - next time |
| 下坡 | 下坡 | xiàpō | - downhill |
| 下垂 | 下垂 | xiàchuí | - to droop - to sag - to hang down - sagging - drooping - prolapse (medicine) |
| 下场 | 下場 | xiàchǎng | - to leave (the stage, an exam room, the playing field etc) - to take part in some activity - to take an examination (in the imperial examination system) |
| 下场 | 下場 | xiàchang | - the end - to conclude |
| 下家 | 下家 | xiàjiā | - player whose turn comes next (in a game) - next one - my humble home |
| 下届 | 下屆 | xiàjiè | - next office holder - next to serve |
| 下层 | 下層 | xiàcéng | - underlayer - lower class - lower strata - substrate |
| 下属 | 下屬 | xiàshǔ | - subordinate - underling |
| 下山 | 下山 | xiàshān | - (of the sun) to set |
| 下岗 | 下崗 | xiàgǎng | - to come off sentry duty - to lay off (a worker) - laid-off |
| 下崽 | 下崽 | xiàzǎi | - (of animals) to give birth - to foal, to whelp etc |
| 下工 | 下工 | xiàgōng | - to knock off (at the end of a day's work) - to finish work |
| 下巴 | 下巴 | xiàba | - chin - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 下厨 | 下廚 | xiàchú | - to go to the kitchen (to prepare a meal) - to cook |
| 下弦 | 下弦 | xiàxián | - third quarter or waning moon |
| 下情 | 下情 | xiàqíng | - feelings of the masses - my situation (humble speech) |
| 下手 | 下手 | xiàshǒu | - to start - to put one's hand to - to set about - the seat to the right of the main guest |
| 下拜 | 下拜 | xiàbài | - to bow down low - to make obeisance - to kneel and bow |
| 下挫 | 下挫 | xiàcuò | - (of sales, prices etc) to fall - to drop - decline - slump |
| 下摆 | 下擺 | xiàbǎi | - hem of a skirt - shirt tail |
| 下放 | 下放 | xiàfàng | - to delegate - to decentralize - to demote a party cadre to work on the shop floor or in the countryside |
| 下方 | 下方 | xiàfāng | - underneath - below - the underside - world of mortals - to descend to the world of mortals (of Gods) |
| 下旋 | 下旋 | xiàxuán | - (sport) backspin |
| 下旬 | 下旬 | xiàxún | - last third of the month |
| 下月 | 下月 | xiàyuè | - next month |
| 下架 | 下架 | xiàjià | - to take down from the shelves (e.g. a contaminated product) |
| 下棋 | 下棋 | xiàqí | - to play chess |
| 下榻 | 下榻 | xiàtà | - to stay (at a hotel etc during a trip) |
| 下标 | 下標 | xiàbiāo | - subscript - suffix - index |
| 下槛 | 下檻 | xiàkǎn | - doorsill |
| 下次 | 下次 | xiàcì | - next time |
| 下款 | 下款 | xiàkuǎn | - signature on letter - name of donor |
| 下毒 | 下毒 | xiàdú | - to put poison in sth - to poison |
| 下水 | 下水 | xiàshuǐ | - downstream - to go into the water - to put into water - to launch (a ship) - fig. to fall into bad ways - to lead astray - to go to pot |
| 下水 | 下水 | xiàshui | - offal - viscera - tripe |
| 下沉 | 下沉 | xiàchén | - to sink down |
| 下注 | 下注 | xiàzhù | - to pour - to pour down (of rain) - to lay a bet |
| 下流 | 下流 | xiàliú | - lower course of a river - low-class - mean and lowly - vulgar - obscene |
| 下浣 | 下浣 | xiàhuàn | - last ten days of the lunar month |
| 下浮 | 下浮 | xiàfú | - downward fluctuation (of prices etc) |
| 下海 | 下海 | xiàhǎi | - to go out to sea - to enter the sea (to swim etc) - (fig.) to take the plunge (e.g. leave a secure job, or enter prostitution etc) |
| 下游 | 下游 | xiàyóu | - lower reaches (of a river) - lower level - lower echelon - downstream |
| 下滑 | 下滑 | xiàhuá | - sliding - slide |
| 下营 | 下營 | Xiàyíng | - Hsiaying township in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[Tai2 nan2 xian4], Taiwan |
| 下片 | 下片 | xiàpiàn | - to stop screening a movie - to end the run of a movie |
| 下狱 | 下獄 | xiàyù | - to imprison |
| 下班 | 下班 | xiàbān | - to finish work - to get off work |
| 下界 | 下界 | xiàjiè | - lower bound (math.) - world of mortals - (of Gods) to descend to the world of mortals |
| 下笔 | 下筆 | xiàbǐ | - to put pen to paper |
| 下级 | 下級 | xiàjí | - low ranking - low level - underclass - subordinate |
| 下网 | 下網 | xiàwǎng | - to cast a fishing net - (computing) to go offline |
| 下线 | 下線 | xiàxiàn | - to go offline |
| 下聘 | 下聘 | xiàpìn | - to send the betrothal gifts - (fig.) to conclude a marriage |
| 下肢 | 下肢 | xiàzhī | - lower limbs |
| 下台 | 下臺 | xiàtái | - 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 |
| 下落 | 下落 | xiàluò | - whereabouts - to drop - to fall |
| 下葬 | 下葬 | xiàzàng | - to bury - to inter |
| 下蛋 | 下蛋 | xiàdàn | - to lay eggs |
| 下行 | 下行 | xiàxíng | - (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 |
| 下装 | 下裝 | xiàzhuāng | - to take off costume and makeup |
| 下诏 | 下詔 | xiàzhào | - to hand down an imperial edict |
| 下课 | 下課 | xiàkè | - to finish class - to get out of class |
| 下调 | 下調 | xiàdiào | - to demote - to pass down to a lower unit |
| 下调 | 下調 | xiàtiáo | - to adjust downwards - to lower (prices, wages etc) |
| 下贱 | 下賤 | xiàjiàn | - humble - lowly - depraved - contemptible |
| 下跌 | 下跌 | xiàdiē | - to fall - to tumble |
| 下跪 | 下跪 | xiàguì | - to kneel - to go down on one's knees |
| 下身 | 下身 | xiàshēn | - lower part of the body - genitalia - trousers |
| 下车 | 下車 | xiàchē | - to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc) |
| 下载 | 下載 | xiàzǎi | - to download - also pr. [xia4 zai4] |
| 下辈 | 下輩 | xiàbèi | - offspring - future generations - younger generation of a family - junior members of a group |
| 下辖 | 下轄 | xiàxiá | - administered by - under the rule of |
| 下周 | 下週 | xiàzhōu | - next week |
| 下达 | 下達 | xiàdá | - to transmit down (a chain of command) - to pass down (to lower level) - to issue - to send through |
| 下边 | 下邊 | xiàbian | - under - the underside - below |
| 下乡 | 下鄉 | xiàxiāng | - to go to the countryside |
| 下酒 | 下酒 | xiàjiǔ | - to be appropriate to have with alcohol - to down one's drink |
| 下野 | 下野 | xiàyě | - to step down from office - to go into opposition |
| 下锚 | 下錨 | xiàmáo | - to drop anchor |
| 下闸 | 下閘 | xiàzhá | - lower sluice gate - outflow sluice |
| 下关 | 下關 | Xiàguān | - Xiaguan district of Nanjing City 南京市 in Jiangsu 江蘇|江苏 |
| 下降 | 下降 | xiàjiàng | - to decline - to drop - to fall - to go down - to decrease |
| 下院 | 下院 | xiàyuàn | - lower house (of parliament) |
| 下陷 | 下陷 | xiàxiàn | - to subside - subsidence |
| 下陆 | 下陸 | Xiàlù | - Xialu district of Huangshi city 黃石市|黄石市[Huang2 shi2 shi4], Hubei |
| 下雨 | 下雨 | xiàyǔ | - to rain |
| 下雪 | 下雪 | xiàxuě | - to snow |
| 下面 | 下面 | xiàmian | - below - under - next - the following |
| 下页 | 下頁 | xiàyè | - next page |
| 下颌 | 下頜 | xiàhé | - lower jaw - mandible |
| 下颏 | 下頦 | xiàkē | - chin - Taiwan pr. [xia4 hai2] |
| 下颔 | 下頷 | xiàhàn | - lower jaw - mandible |
| 下颚 | 下顎 | xiàè | - mandible (lower jaw) |
| 下风 | 下風 | xiàfēng | - leeward - downwind - disadvantageous position - to concede or give way in an argument |
| 下马 | 下馬 | xiàmǎ | - to dismount from a horse - (fig.) to abandon (a project) |
| 下体 | 下體 | xiàtǐ | - lower body - euphemism for genitals - root and stem of plants |
| 下齿 | 下齒 | xiàchǐ | - bottom teeth |
| 不下 | 不下 | bùxià | - to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc) |
| 丢下 | 丟下 | diūxià | - to abandon |
| 之下 | 之下 | zhīxià | - under - beneath - less than |
| 乶下 | 乶下 | Fǔxià | - Polha, Korean place name in former Hamgyeongdo Province 咸鏡道|咸镜道[Xian2 jing4 dao4] |
| 井下 | 井下 | jǐngxià | - underground - in the pit (mining) |
| 以下 | 以下 | yǐxià | - that level or lower - that amount or less - the following |
| 低下 | 低下 | dīxià | - low status - lowly - to lower (one's head) |
| 作下 | 作下 | zuòxià | - to do - to make (usually bad connotation) |
| 倒下 | 倒下 | dǎoxià | - to collapse - to topple over |
| 停下 | 停下 | tíngxià | - to stop |
| 伞下 | 傘下 | sǎnxià | - under the umbrella of |
| 备下 | 備下 | bèixià | - to prepare - to arrange (sth to be offered) |
| 两下 | 兩下 | liǎngxià | - twice - for a little while |
| 剩下 | 剩下 | shèngxià | - to remain - left over |
| 创下 | 創下 | chuàngxià | - to establish - to set (a new record) |
| 卑下 | 卑下 | bēixià | - base - low |
| 南下 | 南下 | nánxià | - to go down south |
| 卸下 | 卸下 | xièxià | - to unload |
| 台下 | 台下 | táixià | - off the stage - in the audience |
| 右下 | 右下 | yòuxià | - lower right |
| 名下 | 名下 | míngxià | - under sb's name |
| 向下 | 向下 | xiàngxià | - down - downward |
| 咽下 | 嚥下 | yànxià | - to swallow - to suppress |
| 四下 | 四下 | sìxià | - everywhere |
| 在下 | 在下 | zàixià | - under - myself (humble) |
| 地下 | 地下 | dìxià | - underground - subterranean - covert |
| 坐下 | 坐下 | zuòxia | - to sit down |
| 垂下 | 垂下 | chuíxià | - to hang down |
| 垓下 | 垓下 | Gāixià | - ancient place name, in Anhui province |
| 塌下 | 塌下 | tāxià | - to collapse |
| 天下 | 天下 | tiānxià | - land under heaven - the whole world - the whole of China - realm - rule |
| 如下 | 如下 | rúxià | - as follows |
| 容下 | 容下 | róngxià | - to hold - to admit - to accommodate - to tolerate |
| 写下 | 寫下 | xiěxià | - to write down |
| 属下 | 屬下 | shǔxià | - subordinate - affiliated to - subsidiary |
| 左下 | 左下 | zuǒxià | - lower left |
| 布下 | 布下 | bùxià | - to arrange - to lay out |
| 年下 | 年下 | niánxià | - lunar new year |
| 底下 | 底下 | dǐxia | - the location below sth - afterwards |
| 心下 | 心下 | xīnxià | - in mind |
| 房下 | 房下 | fángxià | - one's wife (traditional) |
| 手下 | 手下 | shǒuxià | - leadership - under one's control or administration - subordinates - to take action - to run out of money |
| 打下 | 打下 | dǎxià | - to lay (a foundation) - to conquer (a city etc) - to shoot down (a bird etc) |
| 扔下 | 扔下 | rēngxià | - to throw down - to drop (bomb) |
| 拆下 | 拆下 | chāixià | - to dismantle - to take apart |
| 抛下 | 拋下 | pāoxià | - to throw down - to dump - to abandon - thrown down |
| 拿下 | 拿下 | náxià | - to arrest - to capture - to seize - to win (a set, a game etc) |
| 按下 | 按下 | ànxià | - to press down - to press a button |
| 舍下 | 捨下 | shěxià | - to abandon - to lay down |
| 掉下 | 掉下 | diàoxià | - to drop down - to fall |
| 接下 | 接下 | jiēxià | - continuing on |
| 摘下 | 摘下 | zhāixià | - to take off - to remove (one's hat, a door from its hinges etc) - to pick (a piece of fruit from a tree etc) - (sports) to pick off (a rebound etc) |
| 撇下 | 撇下 | piēxia | - to cast away |
| 撤下 | 撤下 | chèxià | - to withdraw - to remove (from a place) - to remove from office |
| 放下 | 放下 | fàngxià | - to lay down - to put down - to let go of - to relinquish - to lower (the blinds etc) |
| 旗下 | 旗下 | qíxià | - under the banner of |
| 时下 | 時下 | shíxià | - at present - right now |
| 松下 | 松下 | Sōngxià | - Matsushita (name) - Panasonic (brand), abbr. for 松下電器|松下电器[Song1 xia4 Dian4 qi4] |
| 楼下 | 樓下 | lóuxià | - downstairs |
| 檐下 | 檐下 | yánxià | - underside of the eaves |
| 历下 | 歷下 | Lìxià | - Lixia district of Ji'nan city 濟南市|济南市[Ji3 nan2 shi4], Shandong |
| 殿下 | 殿下 | diànxià | - Your Majesty (honorific) - His or Her Highness |
| 水下 | 水下 | shuǐxià | - under the water - submarine |
| 治下 | 治下 | zhìxià | - under the jurisdiction of |
| 活下 | 活下 | huóxià | - to survive |
| 淌下 | 淌下 | tǎngxià | - to let drip - to trickle down - to shed (tears) |
| 滴下 | 滴下 | dīxià | - drip |
| 现下 | 現下 | xiànxià | - now - at this moment |
| 生下 | 生下 | shēngxià | - to give birth to |
| 产下 | 產下 | chǎnxià | - to bear (give birth) |
| 留下 | 留下 | liúxià | - to leave behind - to stay behind - to remain - to keep - not to let (sb) go |
| 当下 | 當下 | dāngxià | - immediately - at once - at that moment - at the moment |
| 白下 | 白下 | Báixià | - Baixia district of Nanjing City 南京市 in Jiangsu 江蘇|江苏 |
| 皮下 | 皮下 | píxià | - under the skin - subcutaneous (injection) |
| 目下 | 目下 | mùxià | - at present |
| 眼下 | 眼下 | yǎnxià | - now - at present - subocular (medicine) |
| 私下 | 私下 | sīxià | - in private |
| 立下 | 立下 | lìxià | - to set up - to establish |
| 笔下 | 筆下 | bǐxià | - the wording and purport of what one writes |
| 线下 | 線下 | xiànxià | - offline - below the line |
| 脱下 | 脫下 | tuōxià | - to take off (clothing) |
| 腋下 | 腋下 | yèxià | - underarm - armpit |
| 脚下 | 腳下 | jiǎoxià | - under the foot |
| 膝下 | 膝下 | xīxià | - at the knee (in reference to children) - (salutation used in letters to parents or grandparents) |
| 臣下 | 臣下 | chénxià | - official in feudal court - subject |
| 舌下 | 舌下 | shéxià | - sublingual - hypoglossal |
| 舍下 | 舍下 | shèxià | - my humble home |
| 落下 | 落下 | luòxià | - to fall - to drop - to land (of projectile) |
| 褪下 | 褪下 | tùnxià | - to take off (trousers) - to drop one's pants |
| 许下 | 許下 | xǔxià | - to make a promise |
| 足下 | 足下 | zúxià | - you (used to a superior or between persons of the same generation) - below the foot |
| 跪下 | 跪下 | guìxia | - to kneel down |
| 蹲下 | 蹲下 | dūnxià | - to squat down - to crouch |
| 躺下 | 躺下 | tǎngxià | - to lie down |
| 退下 | 退下 | tuìxià | - to retire - to withdraw - to retreat - to step down |
| 这下 | 這下 | zhèxià | - this time |
| 部下 | 部下 | bùxià | - troops under one's command - subordinate |
| 乡下 | 鄉下 | xiāngxia | - countryside - rural area - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 阁下 | 閣下 | géxià | - your distinguished self - your majesty - sire |
| 降下 | 降下 | jiàngxià | - to fall - to drop |
| 陛下 | 陛下 | bìxià | - Your Majesty - His or Her Majesty |
| 零下 | 零下 | língxià | - below zero |
| 颔下 | 頷下 | hànxià | - under one's chin |
| 余下 | 餘下 | yúxià | - remaining |
| 高下 | 高下 | gāoxià | - relative superiority (better or worse, stronger or weaker, above or below etc) |
| 麾下 | 麾下 | huīxià | - troops - subordinates - (honorific appellation for a general) |
| 一下儿 | 一下兒 | yīxiàr | - erhua variant of 一下[yi1 xia4] |
| 一下子 | 一下子 | yīxiàzi | - in a short while - all at once - all of a sudden |
| 上下床 | 上下床 | shàngxiàchuáng | - bunk bed |
| 上下文 | 上下文 | shàngxiàwén | - (textual) context |
| 上下班 | 上下班 | shàngxiàbān | - to start and finish work |
| 下一代 | 下一代 | xiàyīdài | - the next generation |
| 下一个 | 下一個 | xiàyīge | - the next one |
| 下一次 | 下一次 | xiàyīcì | - next |
| 下一步 | 下一步 | xiàyībù | - the next step |
| 下一站 | 下一站 | xiàyīzhàn | - the next stop (of a bus etc) |
| 下一页 | 下一頁 | xiàyīyè | - next page |
| 下不来 | 下不來 | xiàbùlái | - awkward - embarrassed - cannot be accomplished |
| 下九流 | 下九流 | xiàjiǔliú | - the lowest professions |
| 下个月 | 下個月 | xiàgèyuè | - next month |
| 下划线 | 下劃線 | xiàhuàxiàn | - underscore _ - underline |
| 下功夫 | 下功夫 | xiàgōngfu | - see 下工夫[xia4 gong1 fu5] |
| 下半天 | 下半天 | xiàbàntiān | - afternoon |
| 下半年 | 下半年 | xiàbànnián | - second half of the year |
| 下半身 | 下半身 | xiàbànshēn | - lower half of one's body |
| 下坡路 | 下坡路 | xiàpōlù | - downhill road - slope down - fig. to go downhill - on the decline |
| 下城区 | 下城區 | Xiàchéngqū | - Xiacheng district of Hangzhou city 杭州市[Hang2 zhou1 shi4], Zhejiang |
| 下场门 | 下場門 | xiàchǎngmén | - exit door (of the stage) |
| 下夸克 | 下夸克 | xiàkuākè | - down quark (particle physics) |
| 下定义 | 下定義 | xiàdìngyì | - to define |
| 下寒武 | 下寒武 | xiàhánwǔ | - lower Cambrian (geological period approx 530 million years ago) |
| 下工夫 | 下工夫 | xiàgōngfu | - to put in time and energy - to concentrate one's efforts |
| 下巴颏 | 下巴頦 | xiàbakē | - chin |
| 下弦月 | 下弦月 | xiàxiányuè | - third quarter or waning moon |
| 下意识 | 下意識 | xiàyìshí | - subconscious mind |
| 下星期 | 下星期 | xiàxīngqī | - next week |
| 下死劲 | 下死勁 | xiàsǐjìn | - to do one's utmost |
| 下水礼 | 下水禮 | xiàshuǐlǐ | - launching ceremony |
| 下水管 | 下水管 | xiàshuǐguǎn | - drainpipe |
| 下水道 | 下水道 | xiàshuǐdào | - sewer |
| 下决心 | 下決心 | xiàjuéxīn | - to determine - to resolve |
| 下营乡 | 下營鄉 | Xiàyíngxiāng | - Hsiaying township in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[Tai2 nan2 xian4], Taiwan |
| 下画线 | 下畫線 | xiàhuàxiàn | - underline |
| 下眼睑 | 下眼瞼 | xiàyǎnjiǎn | - lower eyelid |
| 下确界 | 下確界 | xiàquèjiè | - infimum (math.) - greatest lower bound |
| 下箭头 | 下箭頭 | xiàjiàntóu | - down-pointing arrow |
| 下而上 | 下而上 | xiàérshàng | - bottom to top (of listing) |
| 下脚料 | 下腳料 | xiàjiǎoliào | - remnants of material from an industrial process - offcut - scraps |
| 下腹部 | 下腹部 | xiàfùbù | - lower abdomen |
| 下至上 | 下至上 | xiàzhìshàng | - bottom to top |
| 下台阶 | 下臺階 | xiàtáijiē | - to extricate oneself - way out |
| 下花园 | 下花園 | Xiàhuāyuán | - Xiahua district of Zhangjiakou city 張家口市|张家口市[Zhang1 jia1 kou3 shi4], Hebei |
| 下西洋 | 下西洋 | xiàxīyáng | - to sail West (from China) - refers to Zhenghe's 15th century expeditions to the Western Pacific |
| 下议院 | 下議院 | xiàyìyuàn | - lower chamber (of legislative body) - lower house - the House of Commons |
| 下辈子 | 下輩子 | xiàbèizi | - the next life |
| 下边儿 | 下邊兒 | xiàbianr | - erhua variant of 下邊|下边[xia4 bian5] |
| 下酒菜 | 下酒菜 | xiàjiǔcài | - a dish that goes well with alcoholic drinks |
| 下关区 | 下關區 | Xiàguānqū | - Xiaguan district of Nanjing City 南京市 in Jiangsu 江蘇|江苏 |
| 下关市 | 下關市 | Xiàguānshì | - Shimonoseki (Japan) |
| 下陆区 | 下陸區 | Xiàlùqū | - Xialu district of Huangshi city 黃石市|黄石市[Huang2 shi2 shi4], Hubei |
| 下颌骨 | 下頜骨 | xiàhégǔ | - lower jaw - mandible |
| 下颔骨 | 下頷骨 | xiàhàngǔ | - lower jawbone - mandible |
| 下飞机 | 下飛機 | xiàfēijī | - to get off a plane - to deplane |
| 下馆子 | 下館子 | xiàguǎnzi | - to eat out - to eat at a restaurant |
| 下马威 | 下馬威 | xiàmǎwēi | - display of severity immediately on taking office - (fig.) initial show of strength |
| 下鼻甲 | 下鼻甲 | xiàbíjiǎ | - inferior nasal conchae |
| 下龙湾 | 下龍灣 | XiàlóngWān | - Ha Long Bay, Vietnam |
| 不下于 | 不下于 | bùxiàyú | - as many as - no less than - not inferior to - as good as - on a par with |
| 占下风 | 佔下風 | zhànxiàfēng | - to be at a disadvantage |
| 停下来 | 停下來 | tíngxiàlái | - to stop |
| 两下子 | 兩下子 | liǎngxiàzi | - a couple of times - to repeat the same - the same old trick - tricks of the trade |
| 吃不下 | 吃不下 | chībuxià | - not feel like eating - be unable to eat any more |
| 四下里 | 四下裡 | sìxiàli | - all around |
| 在下方 | 在下方 | zàixiàfāng | - beneath |
| 在下面 | 在下面 | zàixiàmiàn | - underneath |
| 在地下 | 在地下 | zàidìxià | - underground |
| 地下室 | 地下室 | dìxiàshì | - basement - cellar |
| 地下水 | 地下水 | dìxiàshuǐ | - groundwater |
| 天底下 | 天底下 | tiāndǐxia | - in this world - under the sun |
| 冈下肌 | 岡下肌 | gāngxiàjī | - infraspinatus muscle |
| 平天下 | 平天下 | píngtiānxià | - to pacify the country |
| 打下手 | 打下手 | dǎxiàshǒu | - to act in a supporting role - fig. to play second fiddle |
| 抛下锚 | 拋下錨 | pāoxiàmáo | - to drop anchor |
| 拖下水 | 拖下水 | tuōxiàshuǐ | - lit. to pull sb into the water - to involve sb in a messy business - to get sb into trouble |
| 接下来 | 接下來 | jiēxiàlái | - to accept - to take - next - following |
| 放不下 | 放不下 | fàngbuxià | - to be unable to let go - to be unable to stop (doing sth) |
| 放得下 | 放得下 | fàngdexià | - to be able to accomodate - to have room for - to be able to put (sth) down |
| 普天下 | 普天下 | pǔtiānxià | - throughout the world |
| 历下区 | 歷下區 | Lìxiàqū | - Lixia district of Ji'nan city 濟南市|济南市[Ji3 nan2 shi4], Shandong |
| 比下去 | 比下去 | bǐxiàqù | - to defeat - to be superior to |
| 活下去 | 活下去 | huóxiàqù | - to survive - to keep on living |
| 白下区 | 白下區 | Báixiàqū | - Baixia district of Nanjing City 南京市 in Jiangsu 江蘇|江苏 |
| 皮下的 | 皮下的 | píxiàde | - subcutaneous |
| 眼底下 | 眼底下 | yǎndǐxia | - in front of one's eyes - in full view as a panorama - right now |
| 私底下 | 私底下 | sīdǐxia | - privately - secretly - confidentially |
| 笔底下 | 筆底下 | bǐdǐxià | - ability to write |
| 等一下 | 等一下 | děngyīxià | - to wait a moment - later - in awhile |
| 耳下腺 | 耳下腺 | ěrxiàxiàn | - subauricular gland - parotid gland (salivary gland in the cheek) |
| 胃下垂 | 胃下垂 | wèixiàchuí | - gastroptosis |
| 胯下物 | 胯下物 | kuàxiàwù | - (slang) male member - package |
| 舌下片 | 舌下片 | shéxiàpiàn | - sublingual tablet (medicine) |
| 舌下腺 | 舌下腺 | shéxiàxiàn | - sublingual gland - saliva gland under tongue |
| 猪下水 | 豬下水 | zhūxiàshuǐ | - pig offal |
| 退下金 | 退下金 | tuìxiàjīn | - retirement pension |
| 这下子 | 這下子 | zhèxiàzi | - this time |
| 过不下 | 過不下 | guòbuxià | - to be unable to continue living (in a certain manner) - to be unable to make a living |
| 乡下人 | 鄉下人 | xiāngxiàrén | - country folk - rustic - rural folk |
| 乡下佬 | 鄉下佬 | xiāngxialǎo | - villager - hick |
| 头朝下 | 頭朝下 | tóucháoxià | - head down - upside down |
| 颔下腺 | 頷下腺 | hànxiàxiàn | - submaxillary glands (biology) |
| 一气之下 | 一氣之下 | yīqìzhīxià | - in a fit of pique - in a fury |
| 一较高下 | 一較高下 | yījiàogāoxià | - to compete against - to measure oneself against - to go head to head (see who is best) |
| 七上八下 | 七上八下 | qīshàngbāxià | - at sixes and sevens - perturbed state of mind - in a mess |
| 上下其手 | 上下其手 | shàngxiàqíshǒu | - to raise and lower one's hand (idiom); to signal as conspiratorial hint - fig. conspiring to defraud |
| 上吐下泻 | 上吐下瀉 | shàngtùxiàxiè | - to vomit and have diarrhea |
| 上山下乡 | 上山下鄉 | shàngshānxiàxiāng | - to work in the fields (esp. young school-leavers) - forced agricultural experience for city intellectuals |
| 上行下效 | 上行下傚 | shàngxíngxiàxiào | - subordinates follow the example of their superiors (idiom) |
| 下不来台 | 下不來臺 | xiàbùláitái | - to be put on the spot - to find oneself in an awkward situation |
| 下不为例 | 下不為例 | xiàbùwéilì | - not to be repeated - not to be taken as a precedent - just this once |
| 下个星期 | 下個星期 | xiàgèxīngqī | - next week |
| 下定决心 | 下定決心 | xiàdìngjuéxīn | - to make a firm resolution |
| 下寒武统 | 下寒武統 | xiàhánwǔtǒng | - lower Cambrian series (geological strata from approx 530 million years ago) |
| 下属公司 | 下屬公司 | xiàshǔgōngsī | - subsidiary (company) |
| 下旋削球 | 下旋削球 | xiàxuánxiāoqiú | - (golf, tennis) undercut |
| 下箭头键 | 下箭頭鍵 | xiàjiàntóujiàn | - down arrow key (on keyboard) |
| 下线仪式 | 下線儀式 | xiàxiànyíshì | - inauguration - tape-cutting to inaugurate a project - an unveiling ceremony |
| 下花园区 | 下花園區 | Xiàhuāyuánqū | - Xiahua district of Zhangjiakou city 張家口市|张家口市[Zhang1 jia1 kou3 shi4], Hebei |
| 下落不明 | 下落不明 | xiàluòbùmíng | - unaccounted - unknown whereabouts |
| 下颌下腺 | 下頜下腺 | xiàhéxiàxiàn | - submandibular gland - submaxillary saliva gland |
| 下风方向 | 下風方向 | xiàfēngfāngxiàng | - leeward |
| 不分高下 | 不分高下 | bùfēngāoxià | - equally matched - not much to distinguish who is stronger |
| 不在话下 | 不在話下 | bùzàihuàxià | - to be nothing difficult - to be a cinch |
| 不耻下问 | 不恥下問 | bùchǐxiàwèn | - not feel ashamed to ask and learn from one's subordinates |
| 不愧下学 | 不愧下學 | bùkuìxiàxué | - not ashamed to learn from subordinates (idiom) |
| 不相上下 | 不相上下 | bùxiāngshàngxià | - equally matched - about the same |
| 世风日下 | 世風日下 | shìfēngrìxià | - public morals are degenerating with each passing day (idiom) |
| 久攻不下 | 久攻不下 | jiǔgōngbùxià | - to attack for a long time without success |
| 二重下标 | 二重下標 | èrchóngxiàbiāo | - double subscript - doubly indexed |
| 低三下四 | 低三下四 | dīsānxiàsì | - servile |
| 低首下心 | 低首下心 | dīshǒuxiàxīn | - to be fawningly submissive (idiom) |
| 兵临城下 | 兵臨城下 | bīnglínchéngxià | - soldiers at the city walls (idiom); fig. at a critical juncture |
| 列王纪下 | 列王紀下 | Lièwángjìxià | - Second book of Kings |
| 列王记下 | 列王記下 | Lièwángjìxià | - Second book of Kings |
| 包打天下 | 包打天下 | bāodǎtiānxià | - to run everything (idiom); to monopolize the whole business - not allow anyone else to have a look in |
| 名满天下 | 名滿天下 | míngmǎntiānxià | - world famous |
| 吴下阿蒙 | 吳下阿蒙 | WúxiàāMéng | - General Lü Meng 呂蒙|吕蒙 of the southern state of Wu (idiom); model of self-improvement by diligent study (from unlettered soldier to top strategist of Wu) |
| 咽下困难 | 嚥下困難 | yànxiàkùnnán | - dysphagia (medicine) |
| 囫囵吞下 | 囫圇吞下 | húlúntūnxià | - to swallow it whole - to act without thinking (idiom) |
| 地下通道 | 地下通道 | dìxiàtōngdào | - underpass - subway - tunnel |
| 地下铁路 | 地下鐵路 | dìxiàtiělù | - subway |
| 坚持下去 | 堅持下去 | jiānchíxiàqù | - to press on |
| 夕阳西下 | 夕陽西下 | xīyángxīxià | - the sun sets in the west (idiom) |
| 天下大乱 | 天下大亂 | tiānxiàdàluàn | - the whole country in rebellion |
| 天下太平 | 天下太平 | tiānxiàtàipíng | - the whole world at peace (idiom); peace and prosperity |
| 天下第一 | 天下第一 | tiānxiàdìyī | - first under heaven - number one in the country |
| 妄下雌黄 | 妄下雌黃 | wàngxiàcíhuáng | - to alter a text indiscriminately (idiom) - to make irresponsible criticism |
| 威震天下 | 威震天下 | wēizhèntiānxià | - formidable renown gives one authority over the whole country |
| 寄人篱下 | 寄人籬下 | jìrénlíxià | - to lodge under another person's roof (idiom); to live relying on sb else's charity |
| 对症下药 | 對症下藥 | duìzhèngxiàyào | - lit. to prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom); fig. to study a problem to find the right way to solve it - to take appropriate steps |
| 居高不下 | 居高不下 | jūgāobùxià | - (of prices, rates etc) to remain high |
| 居高临下 | 居高臨下 | jūgāolínxià | - to live high and look down (idiom) - to overlook - to tower above - to occupy the high ground - fig. arrogance based on one's social position |
| 忽上忽下 | 忽上忽下 | hūshànghūxià | - to fluctuate sharply |
| 急转直下 | 急轉直下 | jízhuǎnzhíxià | - to develop rapidly after abrupt turn (idiom); dramatic change |
| 情急之下 | 情急之下 | qíngjízhīxià | - in a moment of desperation |
| 意下如何 | 意下如何 | yìxiàrúhé | - how about it? - what do you think? |
| 手下留情 | 手下留情 | shǒuxiàliúqíng | - lit. start off leniently (idiom); please do not be too strict with me - Do not judge me too harshly. - Look favorably on my humble efforts. |
| 承上起下 | 承上起下 | chéngshàngqǐxià | - to follow the past and herald the future (idiom); part of a historical transition - forming a bridge between earlier and later stages |
| 投井下石 | 投井下石 | tóujǐngxiàshí | - to throw stones at sb who fell down a well (idiom); to hit a person who is down |
| 抹不下脸 | 抹不下臉 | mǒbùxiàliǎn | - to be unable to keep a straight face (idiom) |
| 拖人下水 | 拖人下水 | tuōrénxiàshuǐ | - lit. to pull sb into the water - fig. to involve sb in a messy business - to get sb into trouble |
| 扫除天下 | 掃除天下 | sǎochútiānxià | - to sweep away evil - to purge (the world of crime) |
| 放下包袱 | 放下包袱 | fàngxiabāofu | - to lay down a heavy burden |
| 放不下心 | 放不下心 | fàngbuxiàxīn | - cannot stop worrying |
| 智力低下 | 智力低下 | zhìlìdīxià | - mental retardation |
| 月下老人 | 月下老人 | yuèxiàlǎorén | - minor divinity concerned with marriage - matchmaker - go-between |
| 月下花前 | 月下花前 | yuèxiàhuāqián | - lit. amidst the flowers under the moonlight (idiom) - fig. romantic surroundings |
| 有两下子 | 有兩下子 | yǒuliǎngxiàzi | - to have real skill - to know one's stuff |
| 松下公司 | 松下公司 | Sōngxiàgōngsī | - Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. - Panasonic |
| 松下电器 | 松下電器 | SōngxiàDiànqì | - Panasonic Corporation (formerly Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.) |
| 正中下怀 | 正中下懷 | zhèngzhòngxiàhuái | - exactly what one wants |
| 历代志下 | 歷代志下 | Lìdàizhìxià | - Second book of Chronicles |
| 每下愈况 | 每下愈況 | měixiàyùkuàng | - see 每況愈下|每况愈下[mei3 kuang4 yu4 xia4] |
| 每况愈下 | 每況愈下 | měikuàngyùxià | - to steadily deteriorate |
| 汗如雨下 | 汗如雨下 | hànrúyǔxià | - sweating like rain (idiom); to perspire profusely - sweating like a pig |
| 江河日下 | 江河日下 | jiānghérìxià | - rivers pour away by the day (idiom); going from bad to worse - deteriorating day by day |
| 没上没下 | 沒上沒下 | méishàngméixià | - no respect for seniors - lacking in manners |
| 泥沙俱下 | 泥沙俱下 | níshājùxià | - mud and sand flow together (idiom) - good and bad mingle |
| 活不下去 | 活不下去 | huóbùxiàqu | - impossible to make a living |
| 泪如雨下 | 淚如雨下 | lèirúyǔxià | - tears falling like rain (idiom) |
| 浑身上下 | 渾身上下 | húnshēnshàngxià | - all over - from head to toe |
| 潸然泪下 | 潸然淚下 | shānránlèixià | - to shed silent tears (idiom) |
| 争执不下 | 爭執不下 | zhēngzhíbùxià | - to quarrel endlessly |
| 瓜田李下 | 瓜田李下 | guātiánlǐxià | - abbr. for 瓜田不納履，李下不整冠|瓜田不纳履，李下不整冠[gua1 tian2 bu4 na4 lu:3 , li3 xia4 bu4 zheng3 guan1] |
| 瓢泼而下 | 瓢潑而下 | piáopōérxià | - (of rain) to fall heavily |
| 甘拜下风 | 甘拜下風 | gānbàixiàfēng | - to step down gracefully (humble expression) - to concede defeat - to play second fiddle |
| 皮下注射 | 皮下注射 | píxiàzhùshè | - hypodermic injection - subcutaneous injection |
| 目下十行 | 目下十行 | mùxiàshíháng | - see 一目十行[yi1 mu4 shi2 hang2] |
| 相持不下 | 相持不下 | xiāngchíbùxià | - at a stalemate - deadlocked - in unrelenting mutual opposition |
| 相比之下 | 相比之下 | xiāngbǐzhīxià | - by comparison |
| 瞒上欺下 | 瞞上欺下 | mánshàngqīxià | - to deceive one's superiors and bully one's subordinates (idiom) |
| 礼贤下士 | 禮賢下士 | lǐxiánxiàshì | - respect for the wise |
| 笔下生花 | 筆下生花 | bǐxiàshēnghuā | - to write elegantly |
| 等一下儿 | 等一下兒 | děngyīxiàr | - erhua variant of 等一下[deng3 yi1 xia4] |
| 等而下之 | 等而下之 | děngérxiàzhī | - going from there to lower grades (idiom) |
| 声泪俱下 | 聲淚俱下 | shēnglèijùxià | - to shed tears while recounting sth - speaking in a tearful voice |
| 胯下之辱 | 胯下之辱 | kuàxiàzhīrǔ | - lit. forced to crawl between sb's legs as humiliation (idiom) - humiliation |
| 能上能下 | 能上能下 | néngshàngnéngxià | - ready to take any job, high or low |
| 脑下垂体 | 腦下垂體 | nǎoxiàchuítǐ | - pituitary glands (at the base of the skull) |
| 自上而下 | 自上而下 | zìshàngérxià | - top-down |
| 自下而上 | 自下而上 | zìxiàérshàng | - bottom-up |
| 自顶向下 | 自頂向下 | zìdǐngxiàngxià | - top-down |
| 举国上下 | 舉國上下 | jǔguóshàngxià | - the entire nation - the whole country, from the leadership to the rank and file |
| 舌下含服 | 舌下含服 | shéxiàhánfù | - sublingual administration (medicine) |
| 花前月下 | 花前月下 | huāqiányuèxià | - see 月下花前[yue4 xia4 hua1 qian2] |
| 落井下石 | 落井下石 | luòjǐngxiàshí | - to throw stones at sb who fell down a well (idiom); to hit a person who is down |
| 落于下风 | 落於下風 | luòyúxiàfēng | - to be at a disadvantage |
| 言下之意 | 言下之意 | yánxiàzhīyì | - implication |
| 许下愿心 | 許下願心 | xǔxiàyuànxīn | - to express a wish (to a deity) |
| 夸下海口 | 誇下海口 | kuāxiahǎikǒu | - see 誇海口|夸海口[kua1 hai3 kou3] |
| 走下坡路 | 走下坡路 | zǒuxiàpōlù | - to go downhill - to decline - to slump |
| 转入地下 | 轉入地下 | zhuǎnrùdìxià | - to go underground - to turn to secret activities |
| 乡下习气 | 鄉下習氣 | xiāngxiàxíqì | - country mannerism - provincialism |
| 双管齐下 | 雙管齊下 | shuāngguǎnqíxià | - lit. to paint holding two brushes (idiom); fig. to work on two tasks at the same time - to attack one problem from two angles at the same time |
| 雨泽下注 | 雨澤下注 | yǔzéxiàzhù | - rainfall |
| 骑虎难下 | 騎虎難下 | qíhǔnánxià | - if you ride a tiger, it's hard to get off (idiom); fig. impossible to stop halfway |
| 鸟脚下目 | 鳥腳下目 | niǎojiǎoxiàmù | - Ornithopoda, suborder of herbivorous dinosaurs including iguanodon |
| 黑灯下火 | 黑燈下火 | hēidēngxiàhuǒ | - pitch dark - also written 黑燈瞎火|黑灯瞎火[hei1 deng1 xia1 huo3] |
| 三下五除二 | 三下五除二 | sānxiàwǔchúèr | - three, set five remove two (abacus rule) - efficiently - quickly and easily |
| 上下五千年 | 上下五千年 | shàngxiàwǔqiānnián | - popular history of China in three volumes by Cao Yuzhang 曹余章 |
| 上下文菜单 | 上下文菜單 | shàngxiàwéncàidān | - context menu (computing) |
| 上下班时间 | 上下班時間 | shàngxiàbānshíjiān | - rush hour |
| 下议院议员 | 下議院議員 | xiàyìyuànyìyuán | - Member of Parliament (MP) (UK Politics) |
| 先下手为强 | 先下手為強 | xiānxiàshǒuwéiqiáng | - strike first and gain the upper hand (idiom, martial arts term); Making the first move is an advantage. |
| 创下高票房 | 創下高票房 | chuàngxiàgāopiàofáng | - to set a box office record |
| 地下核爆炸 | 地下核爆炸 | dìxiàhébàozhà | - nuclear underground burst - underground nuclear explosion |
| 地下核试验 | 地下核試驗 | dìxiàhéshìyàn | - underground nuclear test |
| 天上下刀子 | 天上下刀子 | tiānshàngxiàdāozi | - lit. knives rain down from the sky (idiom) - fig. (even if) the sky crumbles |
| 撒母耳纪下 | 撒母耳紀下 | Sāmǔěrjìxià | - Second book of Samuel |
| 撒母耳记下 | 撒母耳記下 | Sāmǔěrjìxià | - Second book of Samuel |
| 水下核爆炸 | 水下核爆炸 | shuǐxiàhébàozhà | - nuclear underwater burst - underwater nuclear explosion |
| 水下核试验 | 水下核試驗 | shuǐxiàhéshìyàn | - underwater nuclear test |
| 上有老下有小 | 上有老下有小 | shàngyǒulǎoxiàyǒuxiǎo | - lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom) - fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children - sandwich generation |
| 上气不接下气 | 上氣不接下氣 | shàngqìbùjiēxiàqì | - not enough breath (idiom); to gasp for breath |
| 且听下回分解 | 且聽下回分解 | qiětīngxiàhuífēnjiě | - to listen to the next chapter for an explanation |
| 人行地下通道 | 人行地下通道 | rénxíngdìxiàtōngdào | - pedestrian underpass |
| 唯恐天下不乱 | 唯恐天下不亂 | wéikǒngtiānxiàbùluàn | - motivated by a desire to see the world in chaos - lest all under heaven's not in chaos and disorder |
| 惟恐天下不乱 | 惟恐天下不亂 | wéikǒngtiānxiàbùluàn | - motivated by a desire to see the world in chaos - lest all under heaven's not in chaos and disorder |
| 拿得起放得下 | 拿得起放得下 | nádeqǐfàngdexià | - to be adaptable to circumstances (idiom) |
| 放射性落下灰 | 放射性落下灰 | fàngshèxìngluòxiàhuī | - radioactive fallout |
| 松下电气工业 | 松下電氣工業 | sōngxiàdiànqìgōngyè | - Matsushita Electronics Industry |
| 皮层下失语症 | 皮層下失語症 | pícéngxiàshīyǔzhèng | - subcortical aphasia |
| 看人下菜碟儿 | 看人下菜碟兒 | kànrénxiàcàidiér | - (dialect) to treat sb according to their social status, relationship with them etc (idiom) - not to treat everyone equally favorably |
| 隐蔽强迫下载 | 隱蔽強迫下載 | yǐnbìqiǎngpòxiàzài | - drive-by download (a form of malware booby-trap) - silent drive-by download |
| 上梁不正下梁歪 | 上梁不正下梁歪 | shàngliángbùzhèngxiàliángwāi | - lit. If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked (idiom); fig. subordinates imitate their superiors' vices |
| 冒天下之大不韪 | 冒天下之大不韙 | màotiānxiàzhīdàbùwěi | - to defy world opinion - to risk universal condemnation |
| 前部皮层下损伤 | 前部皮層下損傷 | qiánbùpícéngxiàsǔnshāng | - anterior subcortical lesions |
| 在大多数情况下 | 在大多數情況下 | zàidàduōshùqíngkuàngxià | - in most instances |
| 强将手下无弱兵 | 強將手下無弱兵 | qiángjiàngshǒuxiàwúruòbīng | - there are no poor soldiers under a good general (idiom) |
| 按下葫芦浮起瓢 | 按下葫蘆浮起瓢 | ànxiàhúlúfúqǐpiáo | - solve one problem only to find another cropping up |
| 挟天子以令天下 | 挾天子以令天下 | xiétiānzǐyǐlìngtiānxià | - (expr.) hold the feudal overlord and you control the whole country |
| 排污地下主管网 | 排污地下主管網 | páiwūdìxiàzhǔguǎnwǎng | - underground sewage network |
| 男人膝下有黄金 | 男人膝下有黃金 | nánrénxīxiàyǒuhuángjīn | - lit. the man has gold under his knees; fig. a man who does not easily kneel in front of others (owing to pride or moral integrity) |
| 覆巢之下无完卵 | 覆巢之下無完卵 | fùcháozhīxiàwúwánluǎn | - lit. when the nest is upset no egg is left intact (idiom) - fig. when one falls in disgrace the whole family is doomed |
| 比上不足比下有余 | 比上不足比下有餘 | bǐshàngbùzúbǐxiàyǒuyú | - to fall short of the best but be better than the worst - can pass muster |
| 上有天堂，下有苏杭 | 上有天堂，下有蘇杭 | shàngyǒutiāntáng,xiàyǒuSūHáng | - lit. there is heaven above, and there is 蘇杭|苏杭[Su1 Hang2] below (idiom) - fig. the beauty and affluence of Suzhou and Hangzhou is comparable with heaven |
| 上有政策，下有对策 | 上有政策，下有對策 | shàngyǒuzhèngcè,xiàyǒuduìcè | - The higher ups have policies while the lower downs have their own ways of getting around them. (idiom) |
| 千里之行，始于足下 | 千里之行，始於足下 | qiānlǐzhīxíng,shǐyúzúxià | - lit. a thousand mile journey begins with the first step - fig. big accomplishments come from an accumulation of little achievements made one by one |
| 天下没有不散的宴席 | 天下沒有不散的宴席 | tiānxiàméiyǒubùsàndeyànxí | - see 天下沒有不散的筵席|天下没有不散的筵席[tian1 xia4 mei2 you3 bu4 san4 de5 yan2 xi2] |
| 天下没有不散的筵席 | 天下沒有不散的筵席 | tiānxiàméiyǒubùsàndeyánxí | - all good things must come to an end (idiom) |
| 天下兴亡，匹夫有责 | 天下興亡，匹夫有責 | tiānxiàxīngwáng,pǐfūyǒuzé | - The rise and fall of the nation concerns everyone (idiom). Everyone bears responsibility for the prosperity of society. |
| 放下屠刀，立地成佛 | 放下屠刀，立地成佛 | fàngxiàtúdāo,lìdìchéngfó | - lay down butcher's knife, become a Buddha on the spot (idiom); instant rehabilitation - to repent and be absolved of one's crimes |
| 老鼠拉龟，无从下手 | 老鼠拉龜，無從下手 | lǎoshǔlāguī,wúcóngxiàshǒu | - like mice trying to pull a turtle, nowhere to get a hand grip (idiom) - no clue where to start |
| 天下无难事，只怕有心人 | 天下無難事，只怕有心人 | tiānxiàwúnánshì,zhǐpàyǒuxīnrén | - lit. nothing is difficult on this earth, if your mind is set (idiom) |
| 瓜田不纳履，李下不整冠 | 瓜田不納履，李下不整冠 | guātiánbùnàlǚ,lǐxiàbùzhěngguān | - lit. don't tie your shoelaces in a melon patch, and don't adjust your hat under a plum tree (idiom) - fig. don't do anything that might arouse suspicion - innocent acts may be misconstrued |
| 秀才不出门，全知天下事 | 秀才不出門，全知天下事 | xiùcaibùchūmén,quánzhītiānxiàshì | - a learned person need not leave his home to know what's going on in the world (idiom) |
| 秀才不出门，能知天下事 | 秀才不出門，能知天下事 | xiùcaibùchūmén,néngzhītiānxiàshì | - a learned person need not leave his home to know what's going on in the world (idiom) |
| 台上一分钟，台下十年功 | 臺上一分鐘，臺下十年功 | táishàngyīfēnzhōng,táixiàshíniángōng | - ten years of practice for one minute on the stage (idiom) |
| 舍得一身剐，敢把皇帝拉下马 | 捨得一身剮，敢把皇帝拉下馬 | shědeyīshēnguǎ,gǎnbǎhuángdìlāxiàmǎ | - one who does not fear the death of thousand cuts will dare to unhorse the emperor (proverb) - to a fearless person, no fence is high enough |
| 与全世界为敌，冒天下之大不韪 | 與全世界為敵，冒天下之大不韙 | yǔquánshìjièwéidí,màotiānxiàzhīdàbùwěi | - to defy world opinion - to risk universal condemnation |
| 先天下之忧而忧，后天下之乐而乐 | 先天下之憂而憂，後天下之樂而樂 | xiāntiānxiàzhīyōuéryōu,hòutiānxiàzhīlèérlè | - The first concern is affairs of state, enjoying the pleasure comes later. Quotation from essay On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記|岳阳楼记 by Song writer Fan Zhongyan 範仲淹|范仲淹 |
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