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当下

dāng xià

HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 當下

当下 (dāng xià) means "immediately; at once; at that moment". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 当下 means

1. immediately
2. at once
3. at that moment
4. at the moment

The characters in 当下

• 当dāng(onomatopoeia) dong; ding dong (bell)
• 下xiàdown; downwards; below

Example sentences

• 她对当下的流行很敏感。
  Tā duì dāngxià de liúxíng hěn mǐngǎn.
  She follows the latest craze.

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