下降

to decline / to drop / to fall / to go down / to decrease

Characters and words in 下降

xià = xi + a4

down / downwards / below / lower / later / next (week etc) / second (of two parts) / to decline / to go down / to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) / measure word to show the frequency of an action

下 = 一 + 卜 : Mnemonic symbol: from the up/down logic, and a little bit the shape of the character, a ladder.

Xi Shi (xi) is on a retreat in the ashram. Using a voodoo staff (卜), she divined that next (下) week she'll have to play the flute (一) sixteen hours per day. Because she hates playing the flute, she climbs over the ashram's bathroom (a4) wall using a ladder (下) to escape.

降

jiàng = ji + ang4

to drop / to fall / to come down / to descend

降 = 夅 + 阝 : Shortly after Jin Xing descended down from the heavens to visit Joan of Arc in the anglepod's bathroom, the Pope follows and descends from another heaven. He messes up the landing though and lands on Jin Xing, which in turn falls on the Joan of Arc.

降

xiáng = xi + ang2

to surrender / to capitulate / to subdue / to tame

Words with 下降

下降 is not used as a component in another word.

Sentences with 下降

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