下来 (下來)
xià lai
Pinyin

Definition

下来 (下來)
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xià lai
  1. to come down
  2. (completed action marker)
  3. (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.)
  4. (indicates continuation from the past towards us)
  5. to be harvested (of crops)
  6. to be over (of a period of time)
  7. to go among the masses (said of leaders)

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)
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)
上有老下有小
shàng yǒu lǎo xià yǒu xiǎo
  1. 1 lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children
  3. 3 sandwich generation

Sample Sentences

接下来呢？
jiēxiàlái ne ？
What happen next?
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所以条件反射就是指长时间下来对特定制约刺激的反应。
suǒyǐ tiáojiànfǎnshè jiùshì zhǐ cháng shíjiān xiàlai duì tèdìng zhìyuē cìjī de fǎnyìng 。
Therefore, conditioned reflex indicates the response to a long-term specifically restricted stimulation.
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西南地区是块硬骨头，要不是你下得工夫足，我们可能还真是啃不下来呢。
xīnán dìqū shì kuài yìng gǔtou ，yàobushì nǐ xià de gōngfū jù ，wǒmen kěnéng hái zhēnshi kěn bù xiàlai ne 。
The southwest region is a difficult region, if not for your time and effort we would not have taken down this region.
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妈妈蹲下来，看着男孩的眼睛说：你知道我有多爱你吗？
māma dūnxiàlái ，kànzhe nánhái de yǎnjing shuō ：nǐ zhīdào wǒ yǒu duō ài nǐ ma ？
Mom came down to the level of the boy, looked at his eyes and asked: "Do you know how much I love you?"
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首先第一点，从价钱上来说，国内免税品本来就已经扣除了进口关税、消费税、增值税。平均下来在价格上，相对国内相同产品就有百分之十到百分之三十的优势。
shǒuxiān dì yī diǎn ，cóng jiàqian shàng láishuō ，guónèi miǎn shuì pǐn běnlái jiù yǐjīng kòuchú le jìnkǒu guānshuì 、xiāofèishuì 、zēngzhíshuì 。píngjūn xiàlai zài jiàgé shàng ，xiāngduì guónèi xiāngtóng chǎnpǐn jiù yǒu bǎifēnzhī shí dào bǎifēnzhī sānshí de yōushì 。
First of all, from a price point of view, duty-free shops in this country have already deducted import tariffs, sales tax and VAT. On average price-wise, relative to similar products domestically there is a 10%-30% advantage.
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王总，这次您大驾光临待会儿会议结束后，您肯定得留下来给我们指导指导。
Wáng Zǒng ，zhècì nín dàjiàguānglín dāihuǐr huìyì jiéshù hòu ，nín kěndìng děi liú xiàlai gěi wǒmen zhǐdǎo zhǐdǎo 。
Mr Wang, given you’ve honoured us by visiting, after the meeting, you have to stay and share some of your wisdom with us.
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希望如此。要是我们的预算能批下来那就太好了！
xīwàng rúcǐ 。yàoshi wǒmen de yùsuàn néng pī xiàlai nà jiù tàihǎole ！
I hope so. It would be great if our budget could be approved!
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麦可”在十月七日形成，在接下来的一周内破坏了许多房子、家庭，也对农民造成严重的伤害。
Màikě ”zài Shíyuè qīrì xíngchéng ，zài jiēxiàlái de yīzhōu nèi pòhuài le xǔduō fángzi 、jiātíng ，yě duì nóngmín zàochéng yánzhòng de shānghài 。
Hurricane Michael was formed on October 7. In the following week, it destroyed houses and families, causing serious damage to farmers.
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抱歉，这孩子就是停不下来。
bàoqiàn ，zhè háizi jiùshì tíng bù xiàlái 。
I'm sorry, this child just can't sit still!
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