"Drop" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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退 shuāi tuì to decline / to fall / to drop / to falter / a decline / recession (in economics)
 diǎn point / dot / drop / speck / o'clock / point (in space or time) / to draw a dot / to check on a list / to choose / to order (food in a restaurant) / to touch briefly / to hint / to light / to ignite / to pour a liquid drop by drop / (old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更[geng1] / dot stroke in Chinese characters / classifier for items
 diào to fall / to drop / to lag behind / to lose / to go missing / to reduce / fall (in prices) / to lose (value, weight etc) / to wag / to swing / to turn / to change / to exchange / to swap / to show off / to shed (hair) / (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc)
 diē to fall / to tumble / to trip / (of prices etc) to drop / Taiwan pr. [die2]
 dī a drop / to drip
 zhuì to fall / to drop / to weigh down
 xià jiàng to decline / to drop / to fall / to go down / to decrease
 luò xià to fall / to drop / to land (of projectile)
 shī luò to lose (sth) / to drop (sth) / to feel a sense of loss / frustrated / disappointment / loss
 xià luò whereabouts / to drop / to fall
 zhuì luò to fall / to drop
 diǎn zi spot / point / dot / speck / drop (of liquid) / droplet / point (of argument) / idea / crux / indication / pointer
 diē luò to fall / to drop
 rēng xià to throw down / to drop (bomb)
 jiàng fú degree of reduction (in prices, numbers etc) / decline / drop
 jiàng xià to fall / to drop
 shuǐ dī drop
 xià cuò (of sales, prices etc) to fall / to drop / decline / slump
 shuāi luò to fall / to drop / to decline / to deteriorate / to go downhill
 zuò bà to drop (subject etc)
 xià zhuì (of objects) to fall / to drop / to droop / (medicine) to experience tenesmus
 jiàng to drop / to fall / to come down / to descend
 chén to submerge / to immerse / to sink / to keep down / to lower / to drop / deep / profound / heavy
 wěi to wither / to drop / to decline / spiritless / Taiwan pr. [wei1]
 dì to drop, as liquids / a drop
 xiǎo dī a drop
 chuí chuí gradually / to drop
 pū luò to fall / to drop / socket (loanword for "plug")
 shàng mén to drop in / to visit / to lock a door / (of a shop) to close / to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family
 diào xià to drop down / to fall
 diē fú decline (in value) / extent of a drop
 tuō luò to drop off / to come off / to lose (hair etc) / to omit (a character when writing)
 qù sǐ go to hell! / drop dead!
 jiē sòng to pick up and drop off / to ferry back and forth
 zhuì rù to drop into / to fall into
 dòng bu dòng (typically followed by 就[jiu4]) apt to (lose one's temper, catch a cold etc) / at the drop of a hat
 bà xiū to give up / to abandon (a goal etc) / to let sth go / forget it / let the matter drop
 cóng tiān ér jiàng lit. to drop from the sky (idiom) / fig. to appear unexpectedly / to arise abruptly / out of the blue / to drop into one's lap
 dī shuǐ water drop / dripping water
 luò chā drop in elevation / (fig.) gap (in wages, expectations etc) / disparity
 sǐ xīn to give up / to admit failure / to drop the matter / to reconcile oneself to loss / to have no more illusions about
 kōng jiàng to drop from the sky / (fig.) to appear out of nowhere / (attributive) airborne
 chuò xué to drop out of school / to leave off studying / to interrupt one's studies
 gǎi diào to drop a bad habit
 tuō lā to drag along / to haul / (fig.) to procrastinate / shilly-shallying / sluggish / (computing) drag and drop / (loanword) tola, unit of weight, approx. 11.664 grams
 lā dǎo to pull down / (coll.) to let it go / to drop it
 chuàn mén to call on sb / to drop in / to visit sb's home
 yī luò qiān zhàng lit. to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiom) / fig. (of business, popularity etc) to suffer a sudden, devastating decline / to take a dive
 pāo máo to drop anchor / to break down (of a car etc)
 shuāi huài to drop and break
 tùn xià to take off (trousers) / to drop one's pants
 chè sù to drop a lawsuit
 diāo luò to wither (and drop off) / to wilt / to pass away
 diào duì to fall behind / to drop out
 wò dǎo to lie down / to drop to the ground
 hán piàn lozenge / cough drop
 cāng hǎi yī sù a drop in the ocean (idiom)
 dǎo wò to lie down / to drop dead
 yì yè to attend (a school) / to drop out (of college etc)
 diào jià drop in price / devalued / to have one's status lowered
 jiǔ niú yī máo lit. one hair from nine oxen (idiom) / fig. a drop in the ocean
 měng diē drop sharply (e.g. stock prices)
 luò to fall or drop / (of the sun) to set / (of a tide) to go out / to lower / to decline or sink / to lag or fall behind / to fall onto / to rest with / to get or receive / to write down / whereabouts / settlement
 shuāi to throw down / to fall / to drop and break
 shuǐ xiè bù tōng lit. not one drop can trickle through (idiom) / fig. impenetrable (crowd, traffic)
 juān dī guī gōng every drop returns to the public good (idiom) / not one penny is misused
 dī shuǐ bù lòu lit. not one drop of water can leak out / watertight / rigorous (argument)
 dī shuǐ bù chàn not diluted by one drop / hundred percent
 diǎn shuǐ bù lòu not one drop of water leaks (idiom) / fig. thoughtful and completely rigorous / watertight
 tuō to let drop
 xià máo to drop anchor
 bù tí yě bà best not to mention it / drop it / never mind / let's not talk about it
 bèi dǐ an allowance / to allow for (a drop in value) (accountancy)
 pū jiē drop dead! / go to hell! / fuck you! (Cantonese)
 bié tí le say no more / don't bring it up / drop the subject
 shì jiàng potential drop (elec.)
 diào qiú to perform a drop shot (tennis etc) / drop shot
 dí drop / fall
 pāo xià máo to drop anchor
 shōu cún xiāng delivery box / drop box
 zhān chún to moisten one's lips / to sip (wine, tea etc) / esp. used with negatives: never touch a drop of the stuff
 dī jiǔ bù zhān never to touch a drop of alcohol
 dìng bó to moor / to drop anchor
 suì diào to drop and smash / broken
 tuō pí diào ròu lit. to shed skin, drop flesh / to work as hard as possible / to work one's butt off
 lào jià (coll.) to fall or drop in price / to go down in price
 diē shuǐ drop of height in waterway / staircase of waterfalls
 dǒu diē precipitous drop (in price)
 bān qǐ shí tou zá zì jǐ de jiǎo to crush one's own foot while trying to maneuver a rock (to a cliff edge, to drop on one's enemy) (idiom) / hoisted by one's own petard
 xuán dī jié jīng hanging drop crystallization
 zuò dī jié jīng sitting drop crystallization
  helicopter drop point
  drop zone / dropping zone
  drop zone / dropping zone
  free drop
  free drop
  gravity drop bomb / gravity bomb / iron bomb / dumb bomb / free-fall bomb
  gravity drop bomb / gravity bomb / iron bomb / dumb bomb / free-fall bomb
 sǐ qiào qiào to die / to drop dead
 diào liàn zi one's bicycle chain comes off / (fig.) to let sb down / to drop the ball / to screw up
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