降临 (降臨)
jiàng lín
Pinyin
Definition
降临 (降臨)
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- to descend
- to arrive
- to come
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to decline
- 2 to drop
- 3 to fall
- 4 to go down
- 5 to decrease
- 1 to drop
- 2 to fall
- 3 to come down
- 4 to descend
- 1 to reduce
- 2 to lower
- 3 to bring down
- 1 to descend
- 2 to arrive
- 3 to come
- 1 lit. to drop from the sky (idiom)
- 2 fig. to appear unexpectedly
- 3 to arise abruptly
- 4 out of the blue
- 5 to drop into one's lap
Idioms (5)
一物降一物
- 1 lit. one object bests another object
- 2 every item has a weakness (idiom)
- 3 there is a rock to every scissor, a scissor to every paper, and a paper to every rock
喜从天降
- 1 joy from heaven (idiom); overjoyed at unexpected good news
- 2 unlooked-for happy event
从天而降
- 1 lit. to drop from the sky (idiom)
- 2 fig. to appear unexpectedly
- 3 to arise abruptly
- 4 out of the blue
- 5 to drop into one's lap
招降纳叛
- 1 to recruit surrendered enemy and deserters (idiom); to gather together a gang of villains
降龙伏虎
- 1 to vanquish dragons and tigers (idiom)
Sample Sentences
我是在想昨天看的电影,降临。
I was thinking of the film I saw yesterday, 'Arrival'.