停下
tíng xià
Pinyin

Definition

停下
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tíng xià
  1. to stop

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

不一会儿，车子在一家服装生产厂门口停下。
bùyīhuìr ，chēzi zài yī jiā fúzhuāng shēngchǎn chǎng ménkǒu tíngxià 。
Not long later, the bus stops at the gate of a clothes factory.
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有只狗嘛，吸引人眼球，你瞧这黄金猎犬，满脸傻气，又漂亮、又可爱，你不停下来看都不行。
yǒu zhī gǒu ma ，xīyǐnrén yǎnqiú ，nǐ qiáo zhè huángjīnlièquǎn ，mǎnliǎn shǎqì ，yòu piàoliang 、yòu kě ài ，nǐ bù tíng xiàlai kàn dōu bùxíng 。
Having a dog attracts the eye. Look at this Golden Retriever, it looks so dumb, but it's also beautiful and cute. It just makes you want to stop what you're doing and watch.
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李探长开车，带着小尤来到了码头。车停下后，李探长从车上拿下了行李。
Lǐ tànzhǎng kāichē ，dài zhe Xiǎo Yóu láidào le mǎtóu 。chē tíng xià hòu ，Lǐ tànzhǎng cóng chēshang náxià le xíngli 。
Detective Li drove Xiao You to the dock. After parking the car, he took his luggage out.
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