丢下
diū xià
Pinyin

Definition

丢下
 - 
diū xià
  1. to abandon

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

yī xià
  1. 1 (used after a verb) give it a go
  2. 2 to do (sth for a bit to give it a try)
  3. 3 one time
  4. 4 once
  5. 5 in a while
  6. 6 all of a sudden
  7. 7 all at once
xià
  1. 1 down
  2. 2 downwards
  3. 3 below
  4. 4 lower
  5. 5 later
  6. 6 next (week etc)
  7. 7 second (of two parts)
  8. 8 to decline
  9. 9 to go down
  10. 10 to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc)
  11. 11 measure word to show the frequency of an action
xià wǔ
  1. 1 afternoon
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
  3. 3 p.m.
xià zǎi
  1. 1 to download
  2. 2 also pr. [xià zài]
tiān xià
  1. 1 land under heaven
  2. 2 the whole world
  3. 3 the whole of China
  4. 4 realm
  5. 5 rule
yī xià zi
  1. 1 in a short while
  2. 2 all at once
  3. 3 all of a sudden
shàng xià
  1. 1 up and down
  2. 2 top and bottom
  3. 3 old and new
  4. 4 length
  5. 5 about
xià lai
  1. 1 to come down
  2. 2 (completed action marker)
  3. 3 (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.)
  4. 4 (indicates continuation from the past towards us)
  5. 5 to be harvested (of crops)
  6. 6 to be over (of a period of time)
  7. 7 to go among the masses (said of leaders)
xià qù
  1. 1 to go down
  2. 2 to descend
  3. 3 to go on
  4. 4 to continue
  5. 5 (of a servant) to withdraw
xià chǎng
  1. 1 to leave (the stage, an exam room, the playing field etc)
  2. 2 to take part in some activity
  3. 3 to take an examination (in the imperial examination system)
xià ba
  1. 1 chin
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
xià chú
  1. 1 to go to the kitchen (to prepare a meal)
  2. 2 to cook
xià shǒu
  1. 1 to start
  2. 2 to put one's hand to
  3. 3 to set about
  4. 4 the seat to the right of the main guest
xià bān
  1. 1 to finish work
  2. 2 to get off work
xià kè
  1. 1 to finish class
  2. 2 to get out of class
xià diē
  1. 1 to fall
  2. 2 to tumble
xià chē
  1. 1 to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc)
xià bèi zi
  1. 1 the next life
xià jiǔ
  1. 1 to be appropriate to have with alcohol
  2. 2 to down one's drink
xià jiàng
  1. 1 to decline
  2. 2 to drop
  3. 3 to fall
  4. 4 to go down
  5. 5 to decrease

Idioms (20)

三下两下
sān xià liǎng xià
  1. 1 quickly and effortlessly (idiom)
上下其手
shàng xià qí shǒu
  1. 1 to raise and lower one's hand (idiom); to signal as conspiratorial hint
  2. 2 fig. conspiring to defraud
上有天堂,下有苏杭
shàng yǒu tiān táng , xià yǒu Sū Háng
  1. 1 lit. there is heaven above, and there is 蘇杭|苏杭[Sū Háng] below (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the beauty and affluence of Suzhou and Hangzhou is comparable with heaven
上有政策,下有对策
shàng yǒu zhèng cè , xià yǒu duì cè
  1. 1 The higher ups have policies while the lower downs have their own ways of getting around them. (idiom)
上有老下有小
shàng yǒu lǎo xià yǒu xiǎo
  1. 1 lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children
  3. 3 sandwich generation
上梁不正下梁歪
shàng liáng bù zhèng xià liáng wāi
  1. 1 lit. If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked (idiom); fig. subordinates imitate their superiors' vices
上气不接下气
shàng qì bù jiē xià qì
  1. 1 out of breath (idiom)
  2. 2 to gasp for air
上行下效
shàng xíng xià xiào
  1. 1 subordinates follow the example of their superiors (idiom)
不愧下学
bù kuì xià xué
  1. 1 not ashamed to learn from subordinates (idiom)
世风日下
shì fēng rì xià
  1. 1 public morals are degenerating with each passing day (idiom)
干打雷,不下雨
gān dǎ léi , bù xià yǔ
  1. 1 all thunder but no rain (idiom)
  2. 2 a lot of noise but no action
低首下心
dī shǒu xià xīn
  1. 1 to be fawningly submissive (idiom)
先下手为强
xiān xià shǒu wéi qiáng
  1. 1 strike first and gain the upper hand (idiom, martial arts term); Making the first move is an advantage.
兵临城下
bīng lín chéng xià
  1. 1 soldiers at the city walls (idiom); fig. at a critical juncture
包打天下
bāo dǎ tiān xià
  1. 1 to run everything (idiom); to monopolize the whole business
  2. 2 not allow anyone else to have a look in
吴下阿蒙
Wú xià ā Méng
  1. 1 General Lü Meng 呂蒙|吕蒙 of the southern state of Wu (idiom); model of self-improvement by diligent study (from unlettered soldier to top strategist of Wu)
唯恐天下不乱
wéi kǒng tiān xià bù luàn
  1. 1 to wish for the whole world to be in chaos (idiom)
夕阳西下
xī yáng xī xià
  1. 1 the sun sets in the west (idiom)
大树底下好乘凉
dà shù dǐ xià hǎo chéng liáng
  1. 1 lit. under a big tree the shade is plentiful (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to benefit by proximity to an influential person
天上下刀子
tiān shàng xià dāo zi
  1. 1 lit. knives rain down from the sky (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (even if) the sky crumbles

Sample Sentences

我那可怜的孩子,他要活着的话,也30了。我就这么一个孩子,谁能想到他年纪轻轻就丢下我们走了!
wǒ nà kělián de háizi ,tā yào huó zhe dehuà ,yě sānshí le 。wǒ jiù zhème yī gè háizi ,shéi néng xiǎngdào tā niánjìqīngqīng jiù diūxià wǒmen zǒu le !
If my poor son were still alive he'd also be 30. I only had this one child. Who knew that he'd leave us at such a young age?
还有好几本,但这不是重点。我怀上你以后,有一天他听说罗布泊发现有生命迹象,第二天他就心一横,留下一封信就丢下我们全家,独自去了罗布泊,从此杳无音信!是死是活都不知道。这像是一个有良心的丈夫和父亲做的事吗?我一辈子都不会原谅他!
hái yǒu hǎo jǐ běn ,dàn zhè bù shì zhòngdiǎn 。wǒ huáishàng nǐ yǐhòu ,yǒu yī tiān tā tīngshuō Luóbùpō fāxiàn yǒu shēngmìng jìxiàng ,dì èr tiān tā jiù xīn yī héng ,liúxià yī fēng xìn jiù diūxià wǒmen quánjiā ,dúzì qù le Luóbùpō ,cóngcǐ yǎowúyīnxìn !shì sǐ shì huó dōu bù zhīdào 。zhè xiàng shì yī ge yǒu liángxīn de zhàngfu hé fùqin zuò de shì ma ?wǒ yībèizi dōu bùhuì yuánliàng tā !
There are lots of others. But that's not the important thing. After I got pregnant with you, he heard one day that traces of life had been discovered in the Lop Nor. The next day, he left us a letter and rushed off. He abandoned our family and went on his own to the Lop Nor. And there's never been a sign of him since! We don't even know if he's alive or dead. Does that seem like something a good husband and father would do? I'll never forgive him!