垂

to hang (down) / droop / dangle / bend down / hand down / bequeath / nearly / almost / to approach

ninth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / ninth in order / letter "I" or Roman "IX" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 345° / nona

work / worker / skill / profession / trade / craft / labor

to droop / to sag / to hang down / sagging / drooping / prolapse (medicine)

close to death / life-threatening (illness)

lit. reputation will go down in history (idiom); fig. achievements will earn eternal glory

to droop / to hang low

to fail within sight of success (idiom); last-minute failure / to fall at the last hurdle / snatching defeat from the jaws of victory

pituitary gland

to hang down

lit. don't sit under the eaves (where tiles may fall from the roof) (idiom); fig. keep out of danger

Eritrea (Tw)

gradually / to drop

hanging one's head dispiritedly (idiom); dejected / crestfallen