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Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.

私底下sī dǐ xia

privately / secretly / confidentially

立下lì xià

to set up / to establish

端起碗吃肉,放下筷子骂娘duān qǐ wǎn chī ròu , fàng xià kuài zi mà niáng

lit. to eat meat from one's bowl, then put down one's chopsticks and scold one's mother (idiom) / fig. to complain despite being privileged / to be ungrateful for what one has been given

笔下生花bǐ xià shēng huā

to write elegantly

等一下děng yī xià

to wait a moment / later / in awhile

等一下儿děng yī xià r

erhua variant of 等一下[děng yī xià]

等而下之děng ér xià zhī

going from there to lower grades (idiom)

网下wǎng xià

(of an activity) off-line (not done over the Internet)

线下xiàn xià

offline / below the line

老鼠拉龟,无从下手lǎo shǔ lā guī , wú cóng xià shǒu

like mice trying to pull a turtle, nowhere to get a hand grip (idiom) / no clue where to start

耳下腺ěr xià xiàn

subauricular gland / parotid gland (salivary gland in the cheek)

声泪俱下shēng lèi jù xià

to shed tears while recounting sth / speaking in a tearful voice

胃下垂wèi xià chuí

gastroptosis

胯下之辱kuà xià zhī rǔ

(lit.) the humiliation of having to crawl between the legs of one's adversary (as Han Xin 韓信|韩信[Hán Xìn] supposedly did rather than engage in a sword fight) (idiom) / (fig.) (endure) utter humiliation

胯下物kuà xià wù

(slang) male member / package

能上能下néng shàng néng xià

ready to take any job, high or low

脱下tuō xià

to take off (clothing)

脑下垂体nǎo xià chuí tǐ

pituitary glands (at the base of the skull)

臣下chén xià

official in feudal court / subject

自上而下zì shàng ér xià

(idiom) from top to bottom / top-down

自下而上zì xià ér shàng

(idiom) from bottom to top / from the grass roots up / bottom-up

自顶向下zì dǐng xiàng xià

top-down

台上一分钟,台下十年功tái shàng yī fēn zhōng , tái xià shí nián gōng

ten years of practice for one minute on the stage (idiom)

举国上下jǔ guó shàng xià

the entire nation / the whole country, from the leadership to the rank and file

舌下shé xià

sublingual / hypoglossal

舌下含服shé xià hán fù

sublingual administration (medicine)

舌下片shé xià piàn

sublingual tablet (medicine)

舌下腺shé xià xiàn

sublingual gland / saliva gland under tongue

舍下shè xià

my humble home

花前月下huā qián yuè xià

(idiom) romantic surroundings

落于下风luò yú xià fēng

to be at a disadvantage

卫生下水道wèi shēng xià shuǐ dào

(Tw) sanitary sewer system

褪下tùn xià

to take off (trousers) / to drop one's pants

覆巢之下无完卵fù cháo zhī xià wú wán luǎn

lit. when the nest is upset no egg is left intact (idiom) / fig. when one falls in disgrace the whole family is doomed

言下之意yán xià zhī yì

implication

许下xǔ xià

to make a promise

许下愿心xǔ xià yuàn xīn

to express a wish (to a deity)

夸下海口kuā xia hǎi kǒu

see 誇海口|夸海口[kuā hǎi kǒu]

猪下水zhū xià shuǐ

pig offal

贫下中农pín xià zhōng nóng

(category defined by the Communist Party) poor and lower-middle peasants: farmers who, before land reform, possessed little or no land (poor peasants) and those who were barely able to support themselves with their own land (lower-middle peasants)

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