下坡路
xià pō lù
Pinyin
Definition
下坡路
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- downhill road
- (fig.) downhill path
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)
一条路走到黑
- 1 lit. to follow one road until dark (idiom)
- 2 fig. to stick to one's ways
- 3 to cling to one's course
一路顺风
- 1 to have a pleasant journey (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
上天无路,入地无门
- 1 lit. there is no road to the sky, nor door into the earth (idiom)
- 2 fig. to be at the end of one's rope
- 3 to be trapped in a hopeless situation