不下 bùxià
bùxià
phrase
to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc)
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '不下')
Contained in
- 活不下去 impossible to make a living
- 吃不下 not feel like eating; be unable to eat any more
- 放不下 unable to let go
- 居高不下 (of prices, rates etc) to remain high
- 久攻不下 to attack for a long time without success
- 争执不下(爭執不下) to quarrel endlessly
- 干打雷，不下雨(乾打雷，不下雨) all thunder but no rain; a lot of noise but no action
- 放不下心 cannot stop worrying
- 僵持不下 deadlocked and unwilling to compromise
- 相持不下 at a stalemate; deadlocked; in unrelenting mutual opposition
- 抹不下脸(抹不下臉) to be unable to keep a straight face
- 不下于 as many as; no less than; not inferior to; as good as; on a par with
- 过不下(過不下) to be unable to continue living (in a certain manner); to be unable to make a living
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷十三 齊六 Chapter 13: Qi VI Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 9
- 卷一百四十七 列傳第三十四: 張柔 史天倪 史天祥 Volume 147 Biographies 34: Zhang Rou, Shi Tianni, Shi Tianxiang History of Yuan 元史 — count: 7
- 《高祖本紀》 Annals of Gao Zu Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 6
- 卷三百〇九 列傳第一百九十七 流賊 李自成 張獻忠 Volume 309 Biographies 197: Traitors - Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong History of Ming 明史 — count: 6
- 《扁鵲倉公列傳》 Biographies of Bian Que and the Duke of Cang Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 5
- 卷一百十九 列傳第六: 木華黎 博魯朮 博爾忽 Volume 119 Biographies 6: Muqali, Bo'orchu, Borokhula History of Yuan 元史 — count: 5
- 卷四百五十 列傳第二百〇九 忠義五 陳元桂 張順張貴 范天順 牛富 邊居誼 陳炤王安節 尹玉 李芾 尹穀楊霆 趙卯發 唐震 趙與檡趙孟錦 趙淮 Volume 450 Biographies 209: Loyalty and Righteousness 5 - Chen Yuangui, Zhangshun Zhanggui, Fan Tianshun, Niu Fu, Bian Juyi, Wan Ganjie of Chenzhao, Yin Yu, Li Fei, Yingu Yangting, Zhao Maofa, Tang Zhen, Zhao Yushi Zhao Mengjin, Zhao Huai History of Song 宋史 — count: 5
- 第二回 Chapter 92 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 4
- 第九回 Chapter 9 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 4
- 卷三十一 陳勝項籍傳 Volume 31: Chen Sheng and Xiang Yu Book of Han 漢書 — count: 4
Collocations
- 不下堂 (不下堂) 不見傅母不下堂 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 10
- 坚守不下 (堅守不下) 襄城堅守不下 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《項羽本紀》 Annals of Xiang Yu — count: 4
- 宵不下 (宵不下) 宵不下堂 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 2
- 不下车 (不下車) 入外門不下車 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《萬石張叔列傳》 Biographies of Wan Shi and Zhang Shu — count: 2
- 不下比 (不下比) 上同而不下比者 — Mozi 墨子, 卷三 尚同上 Book 3 - Identification with the Superior I — count: 2
- 令不下 (令不下) 則君令不下究 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 難一第三十六 Chapter 36: Difficulties I — count: 2
- 不下究 (不下究) 則君令不下究 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 難一第三十六 Chapter 36: Difficulties I — count: 2
- 黄不下 (黃不下) 外黃不下 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《項羽本紀》 Annals of Xiang Yu — count: 2
- 不下庙堂 (不下廟堂) 而君人者不下廟堂之上 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷九 主術訓 Chapter 9: The Sovereign's Methods — count: 2
- 不下汉王 (不下漢王) 不下漢王 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《酈生陸賈列傳》 Biographies of Li Yiji and Lu Gu — count: 2