下午
xià wǔ
Pinyin
Definition
下午
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- afternoon
- CL:個|个[gè]
- p.m.
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 (used after a verb) give it a go
- 2 to do (sth for a bit to give it a try)
- 3 one time
- 4 once
- 5 in a while
- 6 all of a sudden
- 7 all at once
- 1 down
- 2 downwards
- 3 below
- 4 lower
- 5 later
- 6 next (week etc)
- 7 second (of two parts)
- 8 to decline
- 9 to go down
- 10 to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc)
- 11 measure word to show the frequency of an action
- 1 to download
- 2 also pr. [xià zài]
- 1 land under heaven
- 2 the whole world
- 3 the whole of China
- 4 realm
- 5 rule
Idioms (20)
三下两下
- 1 quickly and effortlessly (idiom)
上下其手
- 1 to raise and lower one's hand (idiom); to signal as conspiratorial hint
- 2 fig. conspiring to defraud
上有天堂,下有苏杭
- 1 lit. there is heaven above, and there is 蘇杭|苏杭[Sū Háng] below (idiom)
- 2 fig. the beauty and affluence of Suzhou and Hangzhou is comparable with heaven
上有政策,下有对策
- 1 The higher ups have policies while the lower downs have their own ways of getting around them. (idiom)
上有老下有小
- 1 lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)
- 2 fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children
- 3 sandwich generation
Sample Sentences
下午
afternoon
下午好。
Good afternoon.
下午,Joe要去学校。
Joe is going to school in the afternoon.
下午要开会。
I have a meeting in the afternoon.
4月25日下午,“世界的香格里拉”全国抖音挑战赛在云南省迪庆州正式启动。
On the afternoon of April 25th, the "World's Shangri-La" National Tik Tok Challenge was officially launched in Diqing Prefecture, Yunnan Province.
唉,下午要跟所有的主管开会。
(Sigh) I have a meeting with all the supervisors this afternoon.
的确,我也是早上搭高铁,下午来开会。
Indeed, I also took the high-speed rail in the morning and came to the meeting in the afternoon.
两个,你要吃吗?我下午刚买的。
Two. Do you want to eat one? I just bought them this afternoon.
你昨天下午之所以不能跟我去看电影,是因为你得陪你妈去花市,对吧?
So the reason you couldn't go to see a film with me yesterday afternoon was because you had to accompany your mother to the flower market, is that correct?
欸,我问你,你昨天下午是真的跟你妈去花市吧?
Ah, let me ask you, did you really go with your mother to the flower market yesterday afternoon?