打下
dǎ xià
Pinyin

Definition

打下
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dǎ xià
  1. to lay (a foundation)
  2. to conquer (a city etc)
  3. to shoot down (a bird etc)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

一下
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
下
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
下午
xià wǔ
  1. 1 afternoon
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
  3. 3 p.m.
下载
xià zǎi
  1. 1 to download
  2. 2 also pr. [xià zài]
天下
tiān xià
  1. 1 land under heaven
  2. 2 the whole world
  3. 3 the whole of China
  4. 4 realm
  5. 5 rule
打
dá
  1. 1 dozen (loanword)
一下子
yī xià zi
  1. 1 in a short while
  2. 2 all at once
  3. 3 all of a sudden
上下
shàng xià
  1. 1 up and down
  2. 2 top and bottom
  3. 3 old and new
  4. 4 length
  5. 5 about
下来
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)
下去
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
下场
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)
下属
xià shǔ
  1. 1 subordinate
  2. 2 underling
下巴
xià ba
  1. 1 chin
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
下厨
xià chú
  1. 1 to go to the kitchen (to prepare a meal)
  2. 2 to cook
下手
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
下班
xià bān
  1. 1 to finish work
  2. 2 to get off work
下课
xià kè
  1. 1 to finish class
  2. 2 to get out of class
下调
xià diào
  1. 1 to demote
  2. 2 to pass down to a lower unit
下跌
xià diē
  1. 1 to fall
  2. 2 to tumble
下车
xià chē
  1. 1 to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc)

Idioms (20)

一炮打响
yī pào dǎ xiǎng
  1. 1 to win instant success (idiom)
  2. 2 to start off successfully
一网打尽
yī wǎng dǎ jìn
  1. 1 lit. to catch everything in the one net (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to scoop up the whole lot
  3. 3 to capture them all in one go
三下两下
sān xià liǎng xià
  1. 1 quickly and effortlessly (idiom)
三天不打，上房揭瓦
sān tiān bù dǎ , shàng fáng jiē wǎ
  1. 1 three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)
  2. 2 spare the rod, spoil the child
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)
不打不成器
bù dǎ bù chéng qì
  1. 1 spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)
不打不成才
bù dǎ bù chéng cái
  1. 1 spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)
不打不成相识
bù dǎ bù chéng xiāng shí
  1. 1 don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship
不打不相识
bù dǎ bù xiāng shí
  1. 1 lit. don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship
  2. 2 no discord, no concord
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)
倒打一耙
dào dǎ yī pá
  1. 1 lit. to strike with a muckrake (idiom), cf Pigsy 豬八戒|猪八戒 in Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记; fig. to counterattack
  2. 2 to make bogus accusations (against one's victim)

Sample Sentences

不过话说回来，“书到用时方恨少”，如今在报社工作，我还是很感谢当年拼命阅读背诵打下的扎实基本功的。教育制度的改变并非一朝一夕，不过和其他制度一样，总会与时俱进的。
bùguò huàshuōhuílai ，“shū dào yòng shí fāng hèn shǎo ”，rújīn zài bàoshè gōngzuò ，wǒ háishì hěn gǎnxiè dāngnián pīnmìng yuèdú bèisòng dǎxià de zhāshi jīběngōng de 。jiāoyùzhìdù de gǎibiàn bìngfēi yīcháoyīxī ，bùguò hé qítā zhìdù yīyàng ，zǒng huì yǔshíjūjìn de 。
That said, it's only when you make use of your knowledge that you wish you'd learned more. Now I'm working for a newspaper, I'm really grateful for all that reading and learning off by heart I did back in the day to give myself a good basic knowledge. Changing the education system doesn't happen overnight, but rather, like other systems, it progresses over time.
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