降临 (降臨)
jiàng lín
Pinyin

Definition

降临 (降臨)
 - 
jiàng lín
  1. to descend
  2. to arrive
  3. to come

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

xià jiàng
  1. 1 to decline
  2. 2 to drop
  3. 3 to fall
  4. 4 to go down
  5. 5 to decrease
jiàng
  1. 1 to drop
  2. 2 to fall
  3. 3 to come down
  4. 4 to descend
jiàng dī
  1. 1 to reduce
  2. 2 to lower
  3. 3 to bring down
jiàng lín
  1. 1 to descend
  2. 2 to arrive
  3. 3 to come
cóng tiān ér jiàng
  1. 1 lit. to drop from the sky (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to appear unexpectedly
  3. 3 to arise abruptly
  4. 4 out of the blue
  5. 5 to drop into one's lap

Idioms (5)

一物降一物
yī wù xiáng yī wù
  1. 1 lit. one object bests another object
  2. 2 every item has a weakness (idiom)
  3. 3 there is a rock to every scissor, a scissor to every paper, and a paper to every rock
喜从天降
xǐ cóng tiān jiàng
  1. 1 joy from heaven (idiom); overjoyed at unexpected good news
  2. 2 unlooked-for happy event
从天而降
cóng tiān ér jiàng
  1. 1 lit. to drop from the sky (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to appear unexpectedly
  3. 3 to arise abruptly
  4. 4 out of the blue
  5. 5 to drop into one's lap
招降纳叛
zhāo xiáng nà pàn
  1. 1 to recruit surrendered enemy and deserters (idiom); to gather together a gang of villains
降龙伏虎
xiáng lóng fú hǔ
  1. 1 to vanquish dragons and tigers (idiom)

Sample Sentences

我是在想昨天看的电影,降临。
wǒ shì zài xiǎng zuótiān kàn de diànyǐng ,jiànglín 。
I was thinking of the film I saw yesterday, 'Arrival'.
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