下雪
xià xuě
Pinyin
Definition
下雪
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- to snow
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)
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
上有天堂，下有苏杭
- 1 lit. there is heaven above, and there is 蘇杭|苏杭[Sū Háng] below (idiom)
- 2 fig. the beauty and affluence of Suzhou and Hangzhou is comparable with heaven
上有政策，下有对策
- 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
- 1 lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)
- 2 fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children
- 3 sandwich generation
Sample Sentences
下雪天不用上课。
There’s no class on snowy days.
是啊！都是2004年拍的，1月下雪拍的，2月情人节拍的，3月旅行拍的……
Yeah! All the photos were taken in 2004. The one in January was taken in the snow, the one in February was taken during Valentine's Day, the one in March was taken while traveling…
你踏过下雪的北京
You stepped upon the snows of Beijing
我不会开车啊，上海几乎不下雪。
I can't drive in snow. It almost never snows in Shanghai.
这里经常下雪啊，我看看。雪不大，没事儿。
It snows here often. Let me go take a look. It didn't snow much. It's no big deal.
外面下雪了。我没办法上班了。
It snowed outside. I can't get to work.
哇，下雪了！好大的雪。
Whoa, it snowed! There's so much snow.
还好吧。在我老家每年都下雪。
Okay. It snows every year in my hometown.
好啊。我觉得下雪特别美特别浪漫
Okay. I think it's very beautiful and romantic when it snows.
啊，下雪了！
Oh! It's snowing!