Results for “下”

in a moment of desperation

how about it? / what do you think?

(idiom) one's defeated opponent

lit. start off leniently (idiom) / please do not be too strict with me / Do not judge me too harshly. / Look favorably on my humble efforts.

to seize power / to conquer the world / to establish and expand a business / to carve out a career for oneself

to follow the past and herald the future (idiom) / part of a historical transition / forming a bridge between earlier and later stages

see 落井下石[luò jǐng xià shí]

to be unable to keep a straight face (idiom)

to dismantle / to take apart

to look displeased / to not be afraid of hurting sb's feelings / to put aside one's pride

to throw down / to dump / to abandon / thrown down

lit. to pull sb into the water / to involve sb in a messy business / to get sb into trouble

lit. to pull sb into the water / fig. to involve sb in a messy business / to get sb into trouble

lit. can pick it up or put it down (idiom) / fig. to take what comes / to meet gains or losses with equanimity

to press down / to press a button

solve one problem only to find another cropping up

(expr.) hold the feudal overlord and you control the whole country

to abandon / to lay down

one who does not fear the death of thousand cuts will dare to unhorse the emperor (proverb) / to a fearless person, no fence is high enough

(idiom) to re-establish order throughout the empire

to drop down / to fall

to take on (a responsibility)

to take off / to remove (one's hat, a door from its hinges etc) / to pick (a piece of fruit from a tree etc) / (sports) to pick off (a rebound etc)

to withdraw / to remove (from a place) / to remove from office

to lay down a heavy burden

lay down butcher's knife, become a Buddha on the spot (idiom) / instant rehabilitation / to repent and be absolved of one's crimes

to get off one's high horse / to dispense with posturing (and adopt a more humble or empathetic attitude)

to have no room to put sth / to be unable to let go

cannot stop worrying

radioactive fallout

to be able to put (sth) down / to have room for / to be able to accommodate

under the banner of

throughout the world

(idiom) all under heaven / in the whole world / throughout the world

mental retardation

(Chinese folk religion) the god of matchmaking / (idiom) matchmaker

see 月下老人[yuè xià lǎo rén]

see 花前月下[huā qián yuè xià]

to have real skill / to know one's stuff

exactly what one wants