贬低 (貶低)
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Pinyin
Definition
贬低 (貶低)
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- to belittle
- to disparage
- to play down
- to demean
- to degrade
- to devalue
Character Decomposition
Idioms (11)
一见高低
- 1 lit. to fight it out with sb to see who is best (idiom)
- 2 fig. to cross swords with
- 3 to lock horns
不识高低
- 1 can't recognize tall or short (idiom); doesn't know what's what
人往高处走,水往低处流
- 1 man seeks his way up just as water seeks its way down (idiom)
- 2 one should constantly strive to make progress
低声细语
- 1 in a whisper
- 2 in a low voice (idiom)
低首下心
- 1 to be fawningly submissive (idiom)