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
- 相持不下 at a stalemate; deadlocked; in unrelenting mutual opposition
- 放不下心 cannot stop worrying
- 久攻不下 to attack for a long time without success
- 过不下(過不下) to be unable to continue living (in a certain manner); to be unable to make a living
- 吃不下 not feel like eating; be unable to eat any more
- 抹不下脸(抹不下臉) to be unable to keep a straight face
- 干打雷，不下雨(乾打雷，不下雨) all thunder but no rain; a lot of noise but no action
- 居高不下 (of prices, rates etc) to remain high
- 争执不下(爭執不下) to quarrel endlessly
- 活不下去 impossible to make a living
- 放不下 unable to let go
- 不下于 as many as; no less than; not inferior to; as good as; on a par with
- 僵持不下 deadlocked and unwilling to compromise
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
- 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
- 《高祖本紀》 Annals of Gao Zu Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — 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
- 第九回 Chapter 9 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 4
- 卷二百三十八 列傳第一百二十六 李成梁 麻貴 Volume 238 Biographies 126: Li Chengliang, Ma Gui History of Ming 明史 — count: 4
- 卷二百三十三 列傳第一百二十一 姜應麟 陳登雲 羅大紘 李獻可 孟養浩 朱維京 王如堅 王學曾 張貞觀 樊玉衡 謝廷讚 楊天民 何選 Volume 233 Biographies 121: Jiang Yinglin, Chen Dengyun, Luo Dahong, Li Xianke, Meng Yanghao, Zhu Weijing, Wang Rujian, Wang Xueceng, Zhang Zhenguan, Fan Yuheng, Xie Tingzan, Yang Tianmin, He Xuan History of Ming 明史 — 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
- 食不下 (食不下) 食不下 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《扁鵲倉公列傳》 Biographies of Bian Que and the Duke of Cang — 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
- 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
- 门不下 (門不下) 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
- 泽不下 (澤不下) 君之澤不下流 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄭‧野有蔓草 Lessons from the states - Odes of Zheng - Ye You Man Cao — count: 2
- 不下通 (不下通) 令不下通 — Xunzi 荀子, 王霸篇第十一 Chapter 11: Rulers and Tyrants — 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