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下旬
xià xún
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last third of the month
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下笔
xià bǐ
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to put pen to paper
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下调
xià diào
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to demote;
to pass down to a lower unit
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下调
xià tiáo
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to adjust downwards;
to lower (prices, wages etc)
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低三下四
dī sān xià sì
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servile
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卑下
bēi xià
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base;
low
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潸然泪下
shān rán lèi xià
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to shed silent tears (idiom)
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自上而下
zì shàng ér xià
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top-down
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上梁不正下梁歪
shàng liáng bù zhèng xià liáng wāi
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lit. If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked (idiom); fig. subordinates imitate their superiors' vices
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下关
xià guān
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Xiaguan district of Nanjing City 南京市 in Jiangsu 江蘇|江苏
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下陷
xià xiàn
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to subside;
subsidence
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汗如雨下
hàn rú yǔ xià
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sweating like rain (idiom); to perspire profusely;
sweating like a pig
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下里巴人
xià lǐ bā rén
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folk songs of the state of Chu 楚國|楚国[Chu3 guo2];
popular art forms (cf. 陽春白雪|阳春白雪[yang2 chun1 bai2 xue3], highbrow art forms)
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南下
nán xià
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to go down south
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打天下
dǎ tiān xià
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to seize power;
to conquer the world;
to establish and expand a business;
to carve out a career for oneself
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江河日下
jiāng hé rì xià
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rivers pour away by the day (idiom); going from bad to worse;
deteriorating day by day
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下工
xià gōng
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to knock off (at the end of a day's work);
to finish work
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下挫
xià cuò
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(of sales, prices etc) to fall;
to drop;
decline;
slump
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下乡
xià xiāng
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to go to the countryside
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兵临城下
bīng lín chéng xià
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soldiers at the city walls (idiom); fig. at a critical juncture
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舍下
shě xià
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to abandon;
to lay down
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泪如雨下
lèi rú yǔ xià
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tears falling like rain (idiom)
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目下
mù xià
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at present
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相持不下
xiāng chí bù xià
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at a stalemate;
deadlocked;
in unrelenting mutual opposition
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声泪俱下
shēng lèi jù xià
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to shed tears while recounting sth;
speaking in a tearful voice
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