Chinese Idioms Containing “下”

Anxious and unsettled

Wörtliche Bedeutung: Seven up eight down

Unable to stop dangerous course

Wörtliche Bedeutung: Hard to dismount tiger

Evenly matched with neither superior

Wörtliche Bedeutung: Not mutually up down

Avoid situations that invite suspicion

Wörtliche Bedeutung: Melon field plum under

Serve as a link between preceding and following

Wörtliche Bedeutung: Continuing above and opening below

Perseverance conquers all

Wörtliche Bedeutung: Nothing in the world is difficult

Humble in learning

Wörtliche Bedeutung: Not ashamed to ask below

Exploit misfortune

Wörtliche Bedeutung: Throw stones at someone in a well

Influence of leadership

Wörtliche Bedeutung: Above acts, below imitates

Forced agreement

Wörtliche Bedeutung: Treaty under the city walls

Targeted solutions

Wörtliche Bedeutung: Apply medicine to symptoms