低 low / beneath / to lower (one's head) / to let droop / to hang down / to incline 矮 (of a person) short / (of a wall etc) low / (of rank) inferior (to) / lower (than) 低 廉 dī lián cheap / inexpensive / low 低 级 dī jí low level / rudimentary / vulgar / low / inferior 低 迷 dī mí blurred (landscape etc) / low (spirits) / in a slump (economy) 低 矮 dī ǎi short / low 卑 下 bēi xià base / low 卑 low / base / vulgar / inferior / humble 鄙 rustic / low / base / mean / to despise / to scorn 陋 low / humble / plain / ugly / mean / vulgar 轾 back and lower of chariot / short / low 隰 low / marshy land 隐 藏 yǐn cáng to hide / to conceal / to mask / to shelter / to harbor (i.e. keep sth hidden) / to hide oneself / to lie low / to nestle / hidden / implicit / private / covert / recessed (lighting) 低 价 dī jià low price 低 声 dī shēng in a low voice / softly 小 人 xiǎo rén person of low social status (old) / I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself) / nasty person / vile character 回 落 huí luò to fall back / to return to low level after a rise (in water level, price etc) 小 声 xiǎo shēng in a low voice / (speak) in whispers 不 快 bù kuài unhappy / in low spirits / (of a knife) not sharp 低 下 dī xià low status / lowly / to lower (one's head) 低 调 dī diào low pitch / quiet (voice) / subdued / low-key / low-profile 低 沉 dī chén (of weather) overcast / gloomy / (of a voice) low and deep / low-spirited / downcast 低 温 dī wēn low temperature 自 卑 zì bēi to have low self-esteem / to abase oneself 低 成 本 dī chéng běn low cost / inexpensive 埋 伏 mái fú to ambush / to lie in wait for / to lie low / ambush 下 级 xià jí low ranking / low level / underclass / subordinate 低 压 dī yā low pressure / low voltage 偏 低 piān dī to be on the low side / to be inadequate (e.g. of a salary) 淡 水 dàn shuǐ potable water (water with low salt content) / fresh water 低 谷 dī gǔ valley / trough (as opposed to peaks) / fig. low point / lowest ebb / nadir of one's fortunes 苦 闷 kǔ mèn depressed / dejected / feeling low 过 低 guò dī too low 低 垂 dī chuí to droop / to hang low 矮 小 ǎi xiǎo short and small / low and small / undersized 谷 底 gǔ dǐ valley floor / (fig.) lowest ebb / all-time low 低 频 dī pín low frequency 扫 地 sǎo dì to sweep the floor / (fig.) (of one's reputation etc) to reach rock bottom / to be at an all-time low 低 档 dī dàng low-grade / of low worth or rank / poor quality / inferior 细 语 xì yǔ to chat with a low voice 低 速 dī sù low speed 低 收 入 dī shōu rù low income 低 潮 dī cháo low tide / low ebb 无 精 打 采 wú jīng dǎ cǎi dispirited and downcast (idiom) / listless / in low spirits / washed out 悄 声 qiǎo shēng quietly / in a low voice 销 声 匿 迹 xiāo shēng nì jì to vanish without trace (idiom) / to lie low 花 坛 huā tán decorative mass planting of flowers and shrubs, often bounded by a low masonry border, and often part of a streetscape 贱 卖 jiàn mài to sell cheaply / sacrifice / low price / discount sale 贵 贱 guì jiàn noble and lowly / high versus low social hierarchy of ruler to people, father to son, husband to wife in Confucianism 缺 血 quē xuè (of an organ) to have insufficient blood supply / (of a blood bank) to run low on blood supplies 低 空 dī kōng low altitude 低 层 dī céng low level 避 风 bì fēng to take shelter from the wind / to lie low / to stay out of trouble 卑 贱 bēi jiàn lowly / mean and low 低 保 真 dī bǎo zhēn low fidelity / lo-fi 找 遍 zhǎo biàn to search everywhere / to search high and low / to comb 低 分 dī fēn low marks / low score 芝 麻 官 zhī ma guān low ranking official / petty bureaucrat 平 底 píng dǐ flat bottomed / low heeled 低 血 压 dī xuè yā low blood pressure 偏 锋 piān fēng (calligraphy) technique in which the shaft of the brush is held at a low angle, so that the tip of the brush runs along the edge of the stroke (cf. 正鋒|正锋[zheng4feng1] and 側鋒|侧锋[ce4feng1]) / (fig.) unorthodox or improper way of doing things 怅 惘 chàng wǎng distracted / listless / in low spirits 低 阶 dī jiē low level 隐 伏 yǐn fú to hide / to lie low 看 扁 kàn biǎn to have a low opinion of 下 拜 xià bài to bow down low / to make obeisance / to kneel and bow 慢 火 màn huǒ low heat (cooking) 低 热 dī rè a low fever (up to 38°C) 淫 贱 yín jiàn morally loose, lewd and low, lascivious and mean / wanton 避 风 头 bì fēng tou to lie low (until the fuss dies down) 能 上 能 下 néng shàng néng xià ready to take any job, high or low 低 气 压 dī qì yā low pressure / depression (meteorology) 枯 水 期 kū shuǐ qī period of low water level (winter in north China) 枯 水 kū shuǐ scarce water / low water level 低 耗 dī hào low consumption (energy, fuel etc) 低 烧 dī shāo a low fever (up to 38°C) 低 污 染 dī wū rǎn low pollution 低 产 dī chǎn low yield 灌 木 林 guàn mù lín shrubbery / low wood 瓮 声 瓮 气 wèng shēng wèng qì to speak in a low muffled voice (idiom) 剪 刀 差 jiǎn dāo chā prices scissor (caught between low income and high prices) 蹲 伏 dūn fú to crouch low and bend forward (esp. in hiding or in wait) 高 不 成 低 不 就 gāo bù chéng dī bù jiù can't reach the high or accept the low (idiom) / not good enough for a high post, but too proud to take a low one 白 菜 价 bái cài jià (coll.) very low price / dirt cheap price 低 缓 dī huǎn low and unhurried (voice etc) / low and gently sloping (terrain) 矮 凳 ǎi dèng low stool 近 光 灯 jìn guāng dēng low beam (headlights) 伏 to lean over / to fall (go down) / to hide (in ambush) / to conceal oneself / to lie low / hottest days of summer / to submit / to concede defeat / to overcome / to subdue / volt 狄 low ranking public official (old) 埂 strip of high ground / low earth dyke separating fields 弁 (old) cap (garment) / military officer of low rank (in former times) / preceding 煲 to cook slowly over a low flame / pot / saucepan 伧 low fellow / rustic / rude / rough 杌 low stool 埤 low wall 夼 low ground / hollow / depression (used in Shandong place names) 铩 羽 而 归 shā yǔ ér guī (idiom) to return in low spirits following a defeat or failure to achieve one's ambitions 人 穷 志 短 rén qióng zhì duǎn poor and with low expectations / poverty stunts ambition 呢 喃 细 语 ní nán xì yǔ whispering in a low voice (idiom) / murmuring 扒 高 踩 低 pá gāo cǎi dī crawl high, step low (idiom) / unprincipled crawling, flattering one's superiors and trampling on one's juniors / toadying and bullying
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