下午茶
xià wǔ chá
Pinyin

Definition

下午茶
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xià wǔ chá
  1. afternoon tea (light afternoon meal, typically pastries with tea or coffee)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

一下
yī xià
  1. 1 (used after a verb) give it a go
  2. 2 to do (sth for a bit to give it a try)
  3. 3 one time
  4. 4 once
  5. 5 in a while
  6. 6 all of a sudden
  7. 7 all at once
下
xià
  1. 1 down
  2. 2 downwards
  3. 3 below
  4. 4 lower
  5. 5 later
  6. 6 next (week etc)
  7. 7 second (of two parts)
  8. 8 to decline
  9. 9 to go down
  10. 10 to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc)
  11. 11 measure word to show the frequency of an action
下午
xià wǔ
  1. 1 afternoon
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
  3. 3 p.m.
下载
xià zǎi
  1. 1 to download
  2. 2 also pr. [xià zài]
天下
tiān xià
  1. 1 land under heaven
  2. 2 the whole world
  3. 3 the whole of China
  4. 4 realm
  5. 5 rule

Idioms (20)

三下两下
sān xià liǎng xià
  1. 1 quickly and effortlessly (idiom)
三茶六饭
sān chá liù fàn
  1. 1 lit. to offer three kinds of tea and six different dishes
  2. 2 to be extremely considerate towards guests (idiom)
上下其手
shàng xià qí shǒu
  1. 1 to raise and lower one's hand (idiom); to signal as conspiratorial hint
  2. 2 fig. conspiring to defraud
上有天堂，下有苏杭
shàng yǒu tiān táng , xià yǒu Sū Háng
  1. 1 lit. there is heaven above, and there is 蘇杭|苏杭[Sū Háng] below (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the beauty and affluence of Suzhou and Hangzhou is comparable with heaven
上有政策，下有对策
shàng yǒu zhèng cè , xià yǒu duì cè
  1. 1 The higher ups have policies while the lower downs have their own ways of getting around them. (idiom)

Sample Sentences

谢谢你带我来喝英式下午茶，我从来没有喝过地道的英式午茶呢！
xièxie nǐ dài wǒ lái hē yīngshì xiàwǔchá ，wǒ cónglái méiyǒu hē guò dìdao de yīngshì wǔchá ne ！
Thank you for bringing me to drink English-style afternoon tea. I've never drunk authentic English afternoon tea before!
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你之前在英国也常常喝下午茶吗？
nǐ zhīqián zài Yīngguó yě chángcháng hē xiàwǔchá ma ？
Did you often drink afternoon tea in the UK before?
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我也觉得频率有点高，但是比起其他英国菜，英式下午茶实在是相当美味。
wǒ yě juéde pínlǜ yǒudiǎnr gāo ，dànshì bǐqǐ qítā Yīngguó cài ，yīngshì xiàwǔchá shízàishì xiāngdāng měiwèi 。
I think I did go a little too regularly. But compared to other UK cuisine, English afternoon tea is really quite tasty.
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我也是。那我们去吃下午茶吧。
wǒ yě shì 。nà wǒmen qù chī xiàwǔchá ba 。
Me neither. Let's go have afternoon tea.
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