下课 (下課)
xià kè
Pinyin

Definition

下课 (下課)
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xià kè
  1. to finish class
  2. to get out of class

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

等待着下课，等待着放学，等待游戏的童年
děngdài zhe xiàkè ，děngdài zhe fàngxué ，děngdài yóuxì de tóngnián
The childhood of waiting for the class to dismiss, waiting for the end of school day, waiting for playing.
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我经常刚一下课就立即冲到食堂。
wǒ jīngcháng gāng yī xiàkè jiù lìjí chōng dào shítáng 。
Immediately: I often dash to the cafeteria immediately after class.
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我也记得周末都被塞得满满的，周六上午参加书法班，下午舞蹈班，周日上午英语培训班，下午美术培训班，可是我还真没觉得累，下课以后就屁颠屁颠跑去买跳跳糖溜溜球。
wǒ yě jìde zhōumò dōu bèi sāi de mǎnmǎnde ，zhōuliù shàngwǔ cānjiā shūfǎ bān ，xiàwǔ wǔdǎo bān ，zhōurì shàngwǔ yīngyǔ péixùnbān ，xiàwǔ měishù péixùnbān ，kěshì wǒ hái zhēn méi juéde lèi ，xiàkè yǐhòu jiù pìdiānpìdiān pǎo qù mǎi tiàotiàotáng liūliūqiú 。
I also remember that my weekends were all really busy. On Saturday morning I went to calligraphy classes, then dance classes in the afternoon. On Sundays I had English classes, and then art classes in the afternoon. But I really didn't feel tired. When I got off class I would happily run off to buy pop rocks and play with my yo-yo.
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吸气、吐气、吸气、吐气，注意力随着呼吸渐渐往下移，移到你的头，你的脖子，肩膀，手臂…好，下课，谢谢大家。
xīqì 、tùqì 、xīqì 、tùqì ，zhùyìlì suí zhe hūxī jiànjiàn wǎng xià yí ，yídào nǐ de tóu ，nǐ de bózi ，jiānbǎng ，shǒubì …hǎo ，xiàkè ，xièxie dàjiā 。
Breathe in, breathe out, breathe in, breathe out. Let your concentration follow your breath gradually downwards, towards your head, your neck, your shoulders, your arms... OK, that's it for today. Thanks, everyone!
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下课像条龙，上课像条虫。
xiàkè xiàng tiáo lóng ，shàngkè xiàng tiáo chóng 。
Behave like a dragon after school, but lazy like a worm at school.
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还没下课，还有十分钟。
hái méi xiàkè ，háiyǒu shí fēnzhōng 。
Not yet. There are ten more minutes.
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下课了吗？
xiàkè le ma ？
Is the class over?
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练习的时候不一定有，不过有时候体育老师下课后有空，会过来指导我们，毕竟我们这群爱运动的，在体育课表现都很好，老师很爱我们啦！
liànxí de shíhou bù yīdìng yǒu ，bùguò yǒushíhou tǐyù lǎoshī xiàkè hòu yǒukòng ，huì guòlai zhǐdǎo wǒmen ，bìjìng wǒmen zhè qún ài yùndòng de ，zài tǐyùkè biǎoxiàn dōu hěn hǎo ，lǎoshī hěn ài wǒmen la ！
Not all the time when we practice, but sometimes when our gym teacher is free after class he comes to direct us. As we are all a bunch of sport lovers, we do well in gym class, so he really likes us!
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你几点下课？
nǐ jǐ diǎn xiàkè ？
What time does class finish?
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很多学生，他们上课的时候想睡觉，一下课就生龙活虎。
hěn duō xuésheng ，tāmen shàngkè de shíhou xiǎng shuìjiào ，yī xiàkè jiù shēnglónghuóhǔ 。
Many students are really sleepy in class but are full of energy as soon as class is out.
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