下回
xià huí
Pinyin

Definition

下回
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xià huí
  1. next chapter
  2. next time

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

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
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
xià wǔ
  1. 1 afternoon
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
  3. 3 p.m.
xià zǎi
  1. 1 to download
  2. 2 also pr. [xià zài]
huí
  1. 1 to circle
  2. 2 to go back
  3. 3 to turn around
  4. 4 to answer
  5. 5 to return
  6. 6 to revolve
  7. 7 Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims)
  8. 8 time
  9. 9 classifier for acts of a play
  10. 10 section or chapter (of a classic book)

Idioms (20)

一回生二回熟
yī huí shēng èr huí shú
  1. 1 unfamiliar at first, but well accustomed soon enough (idiom)
三下两下
sān xià liǎng xià
  1. 1 quickly and effortlessly (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

上回没见,下回再见。
shànghuí méi jiàn ,xiàhuí zàijiàn 。
We didn’t meet last time, but we’ll meet next time.
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没错,既然你这么喜欢刺绣,下回我请朋友从四川给你带一些工艺品来。
méicuò ,jìrán nǐ zhème xǐhuan cìxiù ,xià huí wǒ qǐng péngyou cóng Sìchuān gěi nǐ dài yīxiē gōngyìpǐn lái 。
Yes, given that you like embroidery so much, next time I'll ask my friend to bring some craftworks back from Sichuan for you.
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下回非买个奔十的电脑来算!我就不信我中不了大奖!
xià huí fēi mǎi ge bēnshí de diànnǎo lái suàn !wǒ jiù bùxìn wǒ zhòngbùliǎo dàjiǎng !
Next time, I'll need to buy a Pentium Ten computer to help with the computations! I just refuse to believe that I can't win a prize.
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