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之下

zhī xià

2-character word

What 之下 means

1. under
2. beneath
3. less than

The characters in 之下

• 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her
• 下xiàdown; downwards; below

Example sentences

• 太阳之下无新事。
  Nothing new under the sun.
• 你之下在整些喃样？
  Nǐ zhīxià zài zhěng xiē nán yàng?
  What are you doing right now?
• 桥在重压之下倒塌了。
  Qiáo zài zhòngyā zhīxià dǎotā le.
  The bridge crashed under the pressure.
• 泳池被隐藏在地板之下。
  The swimming pool is hidden under the floor.
• 你不应该屈服在诱惑之下。
  Nǐ bù yīnggāi qūfú zài yòuhuò zhīxià.
  You must not yield to temptation.
• 我们在枪林弹雨之下行进。
  Wǒmen zài qiānglín-dànyǔ zhīxià xíngjìn.
  We marched under a hail of bullets.

Words containing 之下

• 相比之下xiāng bǐ zhī xiàby comparison
• 情急之下qíng jí zhī xiàin a moment of desperation
• 普天之下pǔ tiān zhī xià(idiom) all under heaven; in the whole world; throughout the world
• 一气之下yī qì zhī xiàin a fit of pique; in a fury
• 覆巢之下无完卵fù cháo zhī xià wú wán luǎnlit. when the nest is upset no egg is left intact (idiom)…