塌下
tā xià
Pinyin
Definition
塌下
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- to collapse
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)
一塌糊涂
- 1 muddled and completely collapsing (idiom); in an awful condition
- 2 complete shambles
- 3 a total mess
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)
Sample Sentences
当医生告诉我宝宝染色体异常，是唐氏宝宝的时候，妈妈的感觉像是天塌下来一样。
When the doctor told me that there were abnormalities with our baby's chromosomes and that the baby had Down's syndrome, I felt like my world was falling apart.
准备这些只是图个心安，楼塌下来，几个逃生包都没用，压都压死你！
Preparing all that is just to give yourself peace of mind, if the building collapses, even with several survival kits, you will get crushed to death!
你就别杞人忧天了。天塌下来还有高个子顶着呢，压不到你。