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急转直下
jí zhuǎn zhí xià
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to develop rapidly after abrupt turn (idiom); dramatic change
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下功夫
xià gōng fu
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see 下工夫[xia4 gong1 fu5]
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笔下
bǐ xià
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the wording and purport of what one writes
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麾下
huī xià
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troops;
subordinates;
(honorific appellation for a general)
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下放
xià fàng
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to delegate;
to decentralize;
to demote a party cadre to work on the shop floor or in the countryside
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下毒手
xià dú shǒu
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to attack murderously;
to strike treacherously
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膝下
xī xià
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at the knee (in reference to children);
(salutation used in letters to parents or grandparents)
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下列
xià liè
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following
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居高临下
jū gāo lín xià
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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
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打下手
dǎ xià shǒu
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to act in a supporting role;
fig. to play second fiddle
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下月
xià yuè
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next month
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下发
xià fā
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to issue (a memorandum etc) to lower levels;
to distribute (e.g. disaster relief to victims)
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写下
xiě xià
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to write down
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下地
xià dì
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to go down to the fields;
to get up from bed;
to leave one's sickbed;
to be born
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下届
xià jiè
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next office holder;
next to serve
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下行
xià xíng
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(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
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下议院
xià yì yuàn
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lower chamber (of legislative body);
lower house;
the House of Commons
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下马威
xià mǎ wēi
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display of severity immediately on taking office;
(fig.) initial show of strength
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在下
zài xià
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under;
myself (humble)
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下丘脑
xià qiū nǎo
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hypothalamus (anatomy)
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上下文
shàng xià wén
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(textual) context
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四下
sì xià
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everywhere
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双管齐下
shuāng guǎn qí xià
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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
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下不来
xià bù lái
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awkward;
embarrassed;
cannot be accomplished
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下摆
xià bǎi
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hem of a skirt;
shirt tail
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