Chinese Idioms Containing “下”

Anxious and unsettled

Literal: Seven up eight down

Unable to stop dangerous course

Literal: Hard to dismount tiger

Evenly matched with neither superior

Literal: Not mutually up down

Avoid situations that invite suspicion

Literal: Melon field plum under

Serve as a link between preceding and following

Literal: Continuing above and opening below

Perseverance conquers all

Literal: Nothing in the world is difficult

Humble in learning

Literal: Not ashamed to ask below

Attack someone who is already down

Literal: Throw stones at someone in a well

Influence of leadership

Literal: Above acts, below imitates

Forced agreement

Literal: Treaty under the city walls

Targeted solutions

Literal: Apply medicine to symptoms