下回
xià huí
Pinyin
Definition
下回
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- next chapter
- next time
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 to circle
- 2 to go back
- 3 to turn around
- 4 to answer
- 5 to return
- 6 to revolve
- 7 Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims)
- 8 time
- 9 classifier for acts of a play
- 10 section or chapter (of a classic book)
Idioms (20)
一回生二回熟
- 1 unfamiliar at first, but well accustomed soon enough (idiom)
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)
Sample Sentences
上回没见,下回再见。
We didn’t meet last time, but we’ll meet next time.
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。
Yes, given that you like embroidery so much, next time I'll ask my friend to bring some craftworks back from Sichuan for you.
下回非买个奔十的电脑来算!我就不信我中不了大奖!
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.