下 means "down", while Marie Curie actually climbs a ladder. Here it helps to look at the character and try to imagine a ladder, as well as imagining Marie Climbing the ladder up and down again.
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xi |
"xi" is for Marie Curie add a painting | |
a4 |
In the Adziogol Lighthouse's bathroom add a painting | |
下
xia4
午
wu3 | afternoon / CL:個|个[ge4] / p.m. (HSK level 1) | |
下
xia4
雨
yu3 | to rain / rainy (HSK level 1) | |
下
xia4
载
zai3 | to download / also pr. [xia4 zai4] (HSK level 5) | |
不
bu4
相
xiang1
上
shang4
下
xia4 | equally matched / about the same (HSK level 6) | |
眼
yan3
下
xia4 | now / at present / subocular (medicine) (HSK level 6) | |
下
xia4
属
shu3 | subordinate / underling (HSK level 6) | |
下
xia4
棋
qi2 | to play chess | |
卸
xie4
下
xia4 | to unload | |
下
xia4
任
ren4 | next office holder / next to serve | |
下
xia4
划
hua4
线
xian4 | underscore _ / underline | |
天
tian1
下
xia4
太
tai4
平
ping2 | the whole world at peace (idiom); peace and prosperity | |
地
di4
下
xia4 | underground / subterranean / covert | |
底
di3
下
xia5 | the location below sth / afterwards | |
下
xia4
葬
zang4 | to bury / to inter | |
地
di4
下
xia4
室
shi4 | basement / cellar | |
下
xia4
一
yi1
代
dai4 | the next generation | |
楼
lou2
下
xia4 | downstairs | |
下
xia4
班
ban1 | to finish work / to get off work | |
殿
dian4
下
xia4 | Your Majesty (honorific) / His or Her Highness | |
下
xia4
城
cheng2
区
qu1 | Xiacheng district of Hangzhou city 杭州市[Hang2 zhou1 shi4], Zhejiang | |
松
song1
下
xia4 | Matsushita (name) / Panasonic (brand), abbr. for 松下電器|松下电器[Song1 xia4 Dian4 qi4] | |
下
xia4
酒
jiu3 | to be appropriate to have with alcohol / to down one's drink | |
夕
xi1
阳
yang2
西
xi1
下
xia4 | the sun sets in the west (idiom) | |
花
hua1
前
qian2
月
yue4
下
xia4 | in flowers by moonlight (idiom); fig. courtship / honeymoon | |
一
yi1
气
qi4
之
zhi1
下
xia4 | in a fit of pique / in a fury | |
世
shi4
风
feng1
日
ri4
下
xia4 | public morals are degenerating with each passing day (idiom) | |
举
ju3
国
guo2
上
shang4
下
xia4 | the entire nation / the whole country, from the leadership to the rank and file | |
当
dang1
下
xia4 | immediately / at once / at that moment / at the moment | |
下
xia4
去
qu4 | to go down / to descend / to go on / to continue / (of a servant) to withdraw | |
台
tai2
下
xia4 | off the stage / in the audience | |
手
shou3
下
xia4 | leadership / under one's control or administration / subordinates / to take action / to run out of money | |
乡
xiang1
下
xia4
人
ren2 | country folk / rustic / rural folk | |
下
xia4
颚
e4 | mandible (lower jaw) | |
下
xia4
沉
chen2 | to sink down | |
下
xia4
装
zhuang1 | to take off costume and makeup | |
立
li4
下
xia4 | to set up / to establish | |
下
xia4
半
ban4
年
nian2 | second half of the year | |
以
yi3
下
xia4 | that level or lower / that amount or less / the following | |
两
liang3
下
xia4
子
zi5 | a couple of times / to repeat the same / the same old trick / tricks of the trade | |
下
xia4
手
shou3 | to start / to put one's hand to / to set about / the seat to the right of the main guest |