| 下面 | xià mian | below / under / next / the following |   |
| 之下 | zhī xià | under / beneath / less than | |
| 在下 | zài xià | under / myself (humble) | |
| 下边 | xià bian | under / the underside / below | |
| 情况下 | qíng kuàng xià | under (these) circumstances | |
| 天下 | tiān xià | land under heaven / the whole world / the whole of China / realm / rule | |
| 所属 | suǒ shǔ | one's affiliation (i.e. the organization one is affiliated with) / subordinate (i.e. those subordinate to oneself) / belonging to / affiliated / under one's command | |
| 楼盘 | lóu pán | building under construction / commercial property / real estate (for sale or rent) | |
| 三国 | Sān guó | Three Kingdoms period (220-280) in Chinese history / any of several Three Kingdoms periods in Korean history, esp. from 1st century AD to unification under Silla 新羅|新罗[Xin1luo2] in 658 | |
| 手下 | shǒu xià | under one's control or administration / subordinates / (money etc) on hand / sb's financial means / when taking action | |
| 脚下 | jiǎo xià | under the foot | |
| 整治 | zhěng zhì | to bring under control / to regulate / to restore to good condition / (coll.) to fix (a person) / to prepare (a meal etc) | |
| 旗下 | qí xià | under the banner of | |
| 制服 | zhì fú | to subdue / to check / to bring under control / (in former times) what one is allowed to wear depending on social status / uniform (army, party, school etc) / livery (for company employees) / CL:套[tao4] | |
| 地盘 | dì pán | domain / territory under one's control / foundation of a building / base of operations / crust of earth | |
| 未成年人 | wèi chéng nián rén | minor (i.e. person under 18) | |
| 潜水 | qián shuǐ | to dive / to go under water / (in an online forum) to lurk | |
| 根治 | gēn zhì | to bring under permanent control / to effect a radical cure | |
| 天下第一 | tiān xià dì yī | first under heaven / number one in the country | |
| 六合 | liù hé | the six directions (north, south, east, west, up, down) / the whole country / the universe / everything under the sun | |
| 隐蔽 | yǐn bì | to conceal / to hide / covert / under cover | |
| 被捕 | bèi bǔ | to be arrested / under arrest | |
| 底线 | dǐ xiàn | bottom line / the limit of what one is prepared to accept / (sports) baseline / (sewing) under thread / spy / informer / plant | |
| 归属 | guī shǔ | to belong to / to be affiliated to / to fall under the jurisdiction of / a place where one feels that one belongs / one's final destination (where one need look no further) | |
| 部下 | bù xià | troops under one's command / subordinate | |
| 酒后 | jiǔ hòu | after drinking / under the influence of alcohol | |
| 诸侯 | zhū hóu | dukes or princes who rule a part of the country under the emperor / local rulers | |
| 水下 | shuǐ xià | under the water / submarine | |
| 隶属 | lì shǔ | to be subordinate to / to be under the jurisdiction of | |
| 奉命 | fèng mìng | to receive orders / to follow orders / to act under orders | |
| 海阔天空 | hǎi kuò tiān kōng | wide sea and sky (idiom) / boundless open vistas / the whole wide world / chatting about everything under the sun | |
| 挨打 | ái dǎ | to take a beating / to get thrashed / to come under attack | |
| 劫持 | jié chí | to kidnap / to hijack / to abduct / to hold under duress | |
| 受制 | shòu zhì | to be controlled (by sb) / to suffer under a yoke | |
| 迫于 | pò yú | constrained / restricted / forced to / under pressure to do sth | |
| 网罗 | wǎng luó | net for fishing or bird catching / (fig.) fetters / to snare (a valuable new team member etc) / to bring together under the one umbrella | |
| 程控 | chéng kòng | programmed / under automatic control | |
| 联营 | lián yíng | joint venture / under joint management | |
| 五颜六色 | wǔ yán liù sè | multicolored / every color under the sun | |
| 谈天说地 | tán tiān shuō dì | to talk endlessly / to talk about everything under the sun | |
| 部属 | bù shǔ | troops under one's command / subordinate / affiliated to a ministry | |
| 前门 | qián mén | front door / main entrance / honest and upright approach (as opposed to 後門|后门, back-door or under the counter) | |
| 行政院 | Xíng zhèng yuàn | Executive Yuan, the executive branch of government under the constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan | |
| 本题 | běn tí | the subject under discussion / the point at issue | |
| 名下 | míng xià | under sb's name | |
| 戈尔 | Gē ěr | Gore (name) / Al Gore (1948-), US vice-president 1993-2001 under Bill Clinton, subsequently environmental campaigner and Nobel Peace laureate | |
| 挟持 | xié chí | to seize (sb) by the arms / to hold under duress / to abduct | |
| 皮下 | pí xià | under the skin / subcutaneous (injection) | |
| 承建 | chéng jiàn | to construct under contract | |
| 俱全 | jù quán | every kind / every variety under the sun / a complete gamut | |
| 星夜 | xīng yè | starlit night / by night / under the night sky / through the night | |
| 集权 | jí quán | centralized power (history), e.g. under an Emperor or party | |
| 命苦 | mìng kǔ | to be born under an ill star | |
| 挂靠 | guà kào | to be affiliated with / to operate under the wing of / affiliation | |
| 开垦 | kāi kěn | to clear a wild area for cultivation / to put under the plow | |
| 眼袋 | yǎn dài | puffiness under the eyes / bags under the eyes | |
| 焦头烂额 | jiāo tóu làn é | lit. badly burned about the head (from trying to put out a fire) (idiom) / fig. hard-pressed / under pressure (from a heavy workload, creditors etc) | |
| 源远流长 | yuán yuǎn liú cháng | lit. source is distant and the flow is long (idiom) / fig. sth goes back to the dim and distant past / a lot of water has flowed under the bridge since then | |
| 超生 | chāo shēng | (Buddhism) to be reincarnated / (fig.) to be lenient / to spare sb / to have more children than allowed under family planning policy | |
| 北伐 | Běi fá | the Northern Expedition, the Nationalists' campaign of 1926-1928 under Chiang Kai-shek, against the rule of local warlords | |
| 考试院 | Kǎo shì yuàn | Examination Yuan, the qualification and appointment board under the constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan / exam board | |
| 受难 | shòu nàn | to suffer a calamity / to suffer (e.g. under torture) / distress | |
| 软禁 | ruǎn jìn | to place under house arrest | |
| 解放战争 | Jiě fàng Zhàn zhēng | War of Liberation (1945-49), after which the Communists 共產黨武裝|共产党武装 / under Mao Zedong 毛澤東|毛泽东 / took over from the Nationalists 國民政府|国民政府 / under Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石 | |
| 危言耸听 | wēi yán sǒng tīng | frightening words to scare people (idiom) / alarmist talk / reds under the beds | |
| 归口 | guī kǒu | to return to one's original trade / to put (a business etc) under the administration of the relevant central authority / (the) relevant (department in charge of sth) | |
| 话锋 | huà fēng | topic under discussion / direction or tone of the conversation | |
| 假借 | jiǎ jiè | to make use of / to use sth as pretext / under false pretenses / under the guise of / masquerading as / lenient / tolerant / loan character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 / of forming Chinese characters) / character acquiring meanings by phonetic association / also called phonetic loan | |
| 划归 | huà guī | to incorporate / to put under (external administration) | |
| 押解 | yā jiè | to send away under escort (criminals, goods etc) | |
| 平抑 | píng yì | to stabilize / to keep (prices, vermin etc) under control | |
| 押送 | yā sòng | to send under escort / to transport a detainee | |
| 灌区 | guàn qū | area under irrigation | |
| 海内 | hǎi nèi | the whole world / throughout the land / everything under the sun | |
| 司马懿 | Sī mǎ Yì | Sima Yi (179-251), warlord under Cao Cao and subsequently founder of the Jin dynasty | |
| 刑讯 | xíng xùn | interrogation under torture / inquisition | |
| 不共戴天 | bù gòng dài tiān | (of enemies) cannot live under the same sky / absolutely irreconcilable | |
| 欢聚一堂 | huān jù yī táng | to gather happily under one roof | |
| 酒后驾车 | jiǔ hòu jià chē | driving under the influence | |
| 嫡系 | dí xì | direct line of descent / under one's personal command / school or faction passing on faithfully one's doctrine | |
| 怕老婆 | pà lǎo pó | henpecked / to be under one's wife's thumb | |
| 押运 | yā yùn | to escort (goods or funds) / to convey under guard | |
| 走马灯 | zǒu mǎ dēng | lantern with a carousel of paper horses rotating under convection, used at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节[Yuan2 xiao1 jie2] / (fig.) revolving door / musical chairs (metaphor for people being shuffled around into different jobs) | |
| 薄命 | bó mìng | to be born under an unlucky star (usu. of women) / to be born unlucky | |
| 布控 | bù kòng | to deploy surveillance / to put under surveillance | |
| 痴心妄想 | chī xīn wàng xiǎng | to be carried away by one's wishful thinking (idiom) / to labor under a delusion / wishful thinking | |
| 釜底抽薪 | fǔ dǐ chōu xīn | to take drastic measures to deal with a situation / to pull the carpet from under sb | |
| 明史 | Míng shǐ | History of the Ming Dynasty, twenty fourth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Zhang Tingyu 張廷玉|张廷玉[Zhang1 Ting2 yu4] in 1739 during the Qing Dynasty, 332 scrolls | |
| 施琅 | Shī Láng | Shi Lang (1621-1696), Chinese admiral who served under the Ming and Qing dynasties | |
| 刘伯温 | Liú Bó wēn | Liu Bowen (1311-1375), general under the first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋[Zhu1 Yuan2 zhang1], with a reputation as a military genius, also called Liu Ji 劉基|刘基[Liu2 Ji1] | |
| 压垮 | yā kuǎ | to cause sth to collapse under the weight / (fig.) to overwhelm | |
| 事过境迁 | shì guò jìng qiān | The issue is in the past, and the situation has changed (idiom). / It is water under the bridge. | |
| 惊风 | jīng fēng | infantile convulsion (illness affecting children esp. under the age of five, marked by muscular spasms) | |
| 六一儿童节 | Liù Yī Er2 tóng jié | Children's Day (June 1st), PRC national holiday for children under 14 | |
| 风雨同舟 | fēng yǔ tóng zhōu | lit. in the same boat under wind and rain (idiom) / fig. to stick together in hard times | |
| 宋史 | Sòng shǐ | History of the Song Dynasty, twentieth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], composed under Toktoghan 脫脫|脱脱[Tuo1 tuo1] in 1345 during the Yuan Dynasty 元[Yuan2], 496 scrolls / (not to be confused with 宋書|宋书[Song4 shu1]) | |
| 讹诈 | é zhà | to extort under false pretenses / to blackmail / to bluff / to defraud | |
| 伞下 | sǎn xià | under the umbrella of | |
| 晋书 | Jìn shū | History of the Jin Dynasty, fifth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Fang Xuanling 房玄齡|房玄龄[Fang2 Xuan2 ling2] in 648 during Tang Dynasty 唐朝[Tang2 chao2], 130 scrolls | |
| 刘安 | Liú An1 | Liu An (179-122 BC), King of Huainan under the Western Han, ordered the writing of the 淮南子[Huai2 nan2 zi5] | |
