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 duì bu qǐ I'm sorry / excuse me / I beg your pardon / to let (sb) down / to disappoint
 xiàng xià down / downward
 xià xíng (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
 xià lai to come down / (completed action marker) / (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)
 xià qù to go down / to descend / to go on / to continue / (of a servant) to withdraw
 jiàng dī to reduce / to lower / to bring down
 xià jiàng to decline / to drop / to fall / to go down / to decrease
 dǎ jī to hit / to strike / to attack / to crack down on sth / blow / (psychological) shock / percussion (music)
 shàng xià up and down / top and bottom / old and young / length / about
 fàng xià to lay down / to put down / to let go of / to relinquish / to set aside / to lower (the blinds etc)
 jiàng jià to cut the price / to drive down the price / to get cheaper
 jié shěng saving / to save / to use sparingly / to cut down on
 zuò xia to sit down
 yì zhì to inhibit / to keep down / to suppress
 jì zǎi to write down / to record / written account
 dǎ liang to size sb up / to look sb up and down / to take the measure of / to suppose / to reckon
 zǎi rù to load into / to record / to write into / to enter (data) / to go into (the records) / to go down (in history)
 liú chuán to spread / to circulate / to hand down
 bǐ jì to take down (in writing) / notes / a type of literature consisting mainly of short sketches / CL:本[ben3]
 fēng bì to seal / to close / to confine / to seal off / to close down / sealed / confined / closed / unreceptive
 chuán shì handed down from ancient times / family heirloom
 ān zhì to find a place for / to help settle down / to arrange for / to get into bed / placement
 fēn jiě to resolve / to decompose / to break down
 àn xià to press down / to press a button
 qǐ fú to move up and down / to undulate / ups and downs
 xià huá to slide down (a slope etc) / (fig.) to decline
 xiě xià to write down
 suō duǎn to curtail / to cut down
 bǐ shì to despise / to disdain / to look down upon
 yǐ zhì to such an extent as to / down to / up to
 guàng jiē to take a walk / to window-shop / to stroll down the street
 dǎ xià to lay (a foundation) / to conquer (a city etc) / to shoot down (a bird etc)
 yǐ zhì yú down to / up to / to the extent that...
 fēng suǒ to blockade / to seal off / to lock down
 xià shān to go down a hill / (of the sun or moon) to set
 xià diào to demote / to pass down to a lower unit
 diào xià to drop down / to fall
 yǐ zhì down to / up to / to such an extent as to ... / also written 以至於|以至于[yi3 zhi4 yu2]
 pò liè to rupture / to fracture / to break down / (linguistics) plosion
 chāi chú to tear down / to demolish / to dismantle / to remove
 diào luò to fall down
 dǎ dǎo to overthrow / to knock down / Down with ... !
 xì fēn to divide (into subgroups etc) / to break down (into subcategories, subprocesses etc)
 zhuī xún to pursue / to track down / to search
 gū fù to fail to live up (to expectations) / unworthy (of trust) / to let down / to betray (hopes) / to disappoint
 xī gài knee / (Internet slang) to kneel down (in admiration)
 yí liú to leave behind / to hand down
 xiāng chuán to pass on / to hand down / tradition has it that ... / according to legend
 kàn bu qǐ to look down upon / to despise
 píng xī to settle (a dispute) / to quieten down / to suppress
 huǒ shāo to set fire to / to burn down / burning hot / baked cake
 chuí xià to hang down
 kǎn kě bumpy (of a road) / rough (of life) / to be down on one's luck / to be full of frustrations and dashed hopes
 shuāi dǎo to fall down / to slip and fall / to throw sb to the ground
 lún wéi to sink down to / to be reduced to (sth inferior)
 nán xià to go down south
 tǎng xià to lie down
 jiǎn sù to reduce speed / to slow down / to take it easy
 piāo luò to float down / to fall gently (snowflakes, leaves etc)
 dào shǔ to count backwards (from 10 down to 0) / to count down / from the bottom (lines on a page) / from the back (rows of seats)
 dàn huà to water down / to play down / to trivialize / to weaken / to become dull with time / to desalinate / desalination
 xiǎo kàn to look down on / to underestimate
 xuē jiǎn to cut down / to reduce / to lower
 duì lián rhyming couplet / pair of lines of verse written vertically down the sides of a doorway / CL:副[fu4],幅[fu2]
 dǎ yā to suppress / to beat down
 dūn xià to squat down / to crouch
 qǔ dì to suppress / to crack down on / to prohibit
 zhuī bǔ to pursue / to be after / to hunt down
 diān dǎo to turn upside down / to reverse / back to front / confused / deranged / crazy
 chá huò to track down and seize (a criminal suspect, contraband etc)
 zhuī chá to try to find out / to trace / to track down
 guì xia to kneel down
 píng jià reasonably priced / inexpensive / to keep prices down / (currency exchange) parity
 fàng huǎn to slow / to slow down (the pace of)
 zǒu dī to go down / to decline
 dǎo bì to go bankrupt / to close down
 bǐ yí to despise / to look down upon / despicable
 jiǎn huǎn to slow down / to retard
 luò jiǎo to stay for a time / to stop over / to lodge / to sink down (into soft ground) / leftovers
 dào jì shí to count down / countdown
 yā jīn deposit / down payment
 zēng jiǎn to add or subtract / to increase or decrease / to go up or go down
 rēng xià to throw down / to drop (bomb)
 dīng zhù to watch sb closely / to breathe down sb's neck / to mark (sports)
 jū gōng to bow / (literary) to bend down
 qiāo dìng to come to a decision / to fix on (a date etc) / to determine / to finalize / to nail down (a deal etc)
 dìng jīn down payment / advance payment
 yán huǎn to defer / to postpone / to put off / to retard / to slow sth down
退 jiǎn tuì to ebb / to go down / to decline
 bó huí to reject / to turn down / to overrule
 qiáo bù qǐ to look down upon / to hold in contempt
 qiān zhì to control / to curb / to restrict / to impede / to pin down (enemy troops)
 shǒu fù down payment
 zhèn yā suppression / repression / to suppress / to put down / to quell
 tíng zhì stagnation / at a standstill / bogged down
 yā zhù to press down / to crush down / to restrain (anger) / to keep down (voice)
 dǎ diào to tear down / to destroy / to dismantle (a gang) / to abort (a fetus)
 duì de qǐ not to let sb down / to treat sb fairly / be worthy of
退 tuì xià to retire / to withdraw / to retreat / to step down
 tíng jī (of a machine) to stop / to shut down / to park a plane / to finish shooting (a TV program etc) / to suspend a phone line / (of a prepaid mobile phone) to be out of credit
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