下班
xià bān
Pinyin

Definition

下班
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xià bān
  1. to finish work
  2. to get off work

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
上班
shàng bān
  1. 1 to go to work
  2. 2 to be on duty
  3. 3 to start work
  4. 4 to go to the office
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]

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

宁做蚂蚁腿，不学麻雀嘴。你早点做完，就可以早点下班。赶快认真做事吧！
nìngzuòmǎyǐtuǐ,bùxuémǎquèzuǐ 。nǐ zǎodiǎn zuò wán ，jiù kěyǐ zǎodiǎn xiàbān 。gǎnkuài rènzhēn zuòshì ba ！
Do more and talk less. If you can finish the work earlier, you can go home earlier. Hurry up and work hard!
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现在下班了，请你明天再来吧。
xiànzài xiàbān le ，qǐng nǐ míngtiān zài lái ba 。
It’s after office hours now, please come back again tomorrow.
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我也觉得开会很累，那下班以后呢？你常常做什么？
wǒ yě juéde kāihuì hěn lèi ，nà xiàbān yǐhòu ne ？nǐ chángcháng zuò shénme ？
I also think that attending meeting is very tiring. Then, how about after work? What do you usually do after work?
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下班以后我常跟朋友去喝一杯。
xiàbān yǐhòu wǒ cháng gēn péngyou qù hē yī bēi 。
I often go for drinks with my friends after work.
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不过，在店里一侧，约15的临街空间被打造成了小时24面包坊店员晚上，下班后主店，的大门会关闭但市民，仍可以用支付宝扫码进入小时自助24坊。
bùguò ，zài diàn lǐ yī cè ，yuē 15de línjiē kōngjiān bèi dǎzào chéng le xiǎoshí 24miànbāo fáng diànyuán wǎnshang ，xiàbān hòu zhǔ diàn ，de dàmén huì guānbì dàn shìmín ，réng kěyǐ yòng Zhīfùbǎo sǎomǎ jìnrù xiǎoshí zìzhù 24fáng 。
However at the side of the store, approximately 15 square meters of space is set aside for the 24 hour self service bakery shop. After the shop assistants leave at night, the shop owner closes the main door but customers can use Alipay to enter the 24 hour self service bakery.
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时不时说一些甜言蜜语，像是“我愿意天天为你煮饭、天天接你上下班，你知道吗？就算大雨让整座城市颠倒，我会给你怀抱”。
shíbùshí shuō yīxiē tiányánmìyǔ ，xiàng shì “wǒ yuànyì tiāntiān wèi nǐ zhǔ fàn 、tiāntiān jiē nǐ shàngxiàbān ，nǐ zhīdào ma ？jiùsuàn dàyǔ ràng zhěng zuò chéngshì diān dào ，wǒ huì gěi nǐ huái bào ”。
You should whisper sweet nothings to her every so often. Things like "I'd cook for you everyday, I'll take you to and from work everyday, you know that i'd do that for you. Even if the rain turned the whole city upside down, I'll be there to hold you in my arms".
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别说了，都临下班了，我新来的领导又给我安排了工作。
bié shuō le ，dōu lín xiàbān le ，wǒ xīnlái de lǐngdǎo yòu gěi wǒ ānpái le gōngzuò 。
Don't talk about it, as I was about to leave, my new boss again arranged work for me.
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你今天怎么那么晚才下班呀？
nǐ jīntiān zěnme nàme wǎn cái xiàbān ya ？
Why are you off from work so late today?
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算了，我也不是斤斤计较的人，话说马上下班了，要不要一起去喝一杯？
suànle ，wǒ yě búshi jīnjīnjìjiào de rén ，huàshuō mǎshàng xiàbān le ，yào bùyào yīqǐ qù hē yī bēi ？
Forget it, I’m not one who fusses over small things. I’m about to get off work, would you like to go for a drink?
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下班像条龙，上班像条虫。
xiàbān xiàng tiáo lóng ，shàngbān xiàng tiáo chóng 。
Behave like a dragon after work, but lazy like a worm at work.
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