下调 (下調)
xià tiáo
Pinyin

Definition

下调 (下調)
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xià tiáo
  1. to adjust downwards
  2. to lower (prices, wages etc)
下调 (下調)
 - 
xià diào
  1. to demote
  2. to pass down to a lower unit

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

受全球贸易下滑、英国脱离欧洲联盟进程等拖累，德国政府最近6个月两次下调预期，显现这些外部因素对德国经济冲击巨大。
shòu quánqiú màoyì xiàhuá 、Yīngguó tuōlí ŌuzhōuLiánméng jìnchéng děng tuōlěi ，Déguó zhèngfǔ zuìjìn ge yuè liǎng cì xiàdiào yùqī ，xiǎnxiàn zhèxiē wàibù yīnsù duì Déguó jīngjì chōngjī jùdà 。
Affected by the decline in global trade and the departure of the UK from the European Union, the German government has lowered its expectations twice in the past six months, showing that these external factors have had a huge impact on the German economy.
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新京报记者注意到，近几轮降价以2010年新品iPhone为主，降价1000元一2300元。而价格下调对于提振iPhone销售来说，确实有一定效果。国内iPhone产品降价后，苏宁、天猫披露数据显示，iPhone销量提升明显。
Xīn JīngBào jìzhě zhùyì dào ，jìn jǐ lún jiàngjià yǐ nián Xīn pǐn wéizhǔ ，jiàngjià yuán yī yuán 。ér jiàgé xiàdiào duìyú tízhèn xiāoshòu láishuō ，quèshí yǒu yīdìng xiàoguǒ 。guónèi chǎnpǐn jiàngjià hòu ，sūníng 、tiānmāo pīlù shùjù xiǎnshì ， xiāoliàng tíshēng míngxiǎn 。
The Beijing News reporter noted that recent price cuts were mainly on the 2018 iPhone, with a price reduction of 1,000 yuan to 2,300 yuan. The price cuts are effective on boosting iPhone sales. After the domestic iPhone price cuts, Suning and Tmall disclosed data showing iPhone sales increased significantly.
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