下馆子 (下館子)
xià guǎn zi
Pinyin

Definition

下馆子 (下館子)
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xià guǎn zi
  1. to eat out
  2. to eat at a restaurant

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
下来
xià lai
  1. 1 to come down
  2. 2 (completed action marker)
  3. 3 (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.)
  4. 4 (indicates continuation from the past towards us)
  5. 5 to be harvested (of crops)
  6. 6 to be over (of a period of time)
  7. 7 to go among the masses (said of leaders)
下午
xià wǔ
  1. 1 afternoon
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
  3. 3 p.m.
下去
xià qù
  1. 1 to go down
  2. 2 to descend
  3. 3 to go on
  4. 4 to continue
  5. 5 (of a servant) to withdraw

Idioms (20)

一瓶子不响，半瓶子晃荡
yī píng zi bù xiǎng , bàn píng zi huàng dang
  1. 1 lit. a full bottle makes no sound; a half-filled bottle sloshes (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. empty vessels make the most noise
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)

Sample Sentences

月底没钱啊。没钱就不能下馆子，不能去酒吧。连约会都去不了。
yuèdǐ méi qián a 。méi qián jiù bùnéng xià guǎnzi ，bùnéng qù jiǔbā 。lián yuēhuì dōu qùbuliǎo 。
I have no money at the end of the month. Without money I can't go out to eat, can't go the bar - I can't even go on a date.
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哇，你说带我下馆子，就是这家酒店啊！号码都排到七十多号了，轮到我们该吃宵夜了吧！
wā ，nǐ shuō dài wǒ xià guǎnzi ，jiùshì zhè jiā jiǔdiàn a ！hàomǎ dōu páidào qīshí duō hào le ，lúndào wǒmen gāi chī xiāoyè le ba ！
Oh, you said you'd take me out for a bite to eat, and it's this place! Our number is over 70-- by the time they get to us, it'll be a midnight snack!
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