两下 (兩下)
liǎng xià
Pinyin

Definition

两下 (兩下)
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liǎng xià
  1. twice
  2. for a little while

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

哟，看不出你还挺有两下子的嘛。不过我觉得有时候似曾相识的场景特别随机，肯定是以前没经历过的。
yō ，kàn bù chū nǐ hái tǐng yǒu liǎngxiàzi de ma 。bùguò wǒ juéde yǒushíhou sìcéngxiāngshí de chǎngjǐng tèbié suíjī ，kěndìng shì yǐqián méi jīnglì guò de 。
Oh, who knew you were so talented. But I sometimes feel that the places where you get déjà vu are really random. I definitely haven't experienced them in the past.
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大强，你上次借给我的自行车怎么没骑两下就散架了。
Dàqiáng ，nǐ shàngcì jiè gěi wǒ de zìxíngchē zěnme méi qí liǎng xià jiù sǎnjià le 。
Da Qiang, what's up with that bike you lent me before? It fell apart before I'd hardly even ridden it.
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那简单啊，我给你调节一下就行。你看，这样就好了吧。你骑两下看看。
nà jiǎndān ā ，wǒ gěi nǐ tiáojié yīxià jiù xíng 。nǐ kàn ，zhèyàng jiù hǎo le ba 。nǐ qí liǎngxià kànkan 。
That’s simple, I will adjust it a little for you and it will be fine. See, just do this and it’s done. Ride it around a bit and see how it is.
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