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部下

bù xià

2-character word

What 部下 means

1. troops under one's command
2. subordinate

The characters in 部下

• 部bùministry; department; section
• 下xiàdown; downwards; below

Example sentences

• 上司不在，部下就轻松自在。
  Shàngsi bù zài, bùxià jiù qīngsōng zìzai.
  When the cat is away, the mice will play.

Sounds the same

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

• 不下to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc)
• 布下to arrange; to lay out

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