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不下

bù xià

2-character word

What 不下 means

1. to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc)

The characters in 不下

• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 下xiàdown; downwards; below

Example sentences

• 我放不下。
  I couldn't let it go.
• 不下雪了。
  It is not snowing.

Words starting with 不下

• 不下于bù xià yúas many as; no less than; not inferior to; as good as; on a par with

Words containing 不下

• 吃不下chī bu xiànot feel like eating; be unable to eat any more
• 居高不下jū gāo bù xià(of prices, rates etc) to remain high
• 过不下guò bu xiàto be unable to continue living (in a certain manner); to be unable to make a living
• 相持不下xiāng chí bù xiàat a stalemate; deadlocked; in unrelenting mutual opposition
• 活不下去huó bù xià quimpossible to make a living
• 放不下fàng bu xiàto have no room to put sth; to be unable to let go
• 放不下心fàng bu xià xīncannot stop worrying
• 争执不下zhēng zhí bù xiàto quarrel endlessly

Sounds the same

Read bù xià, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 部下troops under one's command; subordinate
• 布下to arrange; to lay out