下 xià

1. xià pronoun next
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '下' adj 2)
2. xià noun bottom
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 底部 (Guoyu '下' n 1; Unihan '下')
3. xià verb to fall; to drop; to go down; to descend
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 降落 (Guoyu '下' v 1)
4. xià measure word measure word for time
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
   Notes: (Guoyu '下' n 6)
5. xià adverb expresses completion of an action
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: (Guoyu '下' adv 1)
6. xià verb to announce
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 颁布 (Guoyu '下' v 8)
7. xià verb to do
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 使用 (Guoyu '下' v 10)
8. xià verb to withdraw; to leave; to exit
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '下' v 6)
9. xià preposition under; below
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: Also considered a locative particle (Sun 2006, loc. 903)
10. xià noun the lower class; a member of the lower class
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '下' n 2)
11. xià noun inside
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '下' n 3)
12. xià noun an aspect
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 方面 (Guoyu '下' n 4)
13. xià noun a certain time
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '下' n 5)
14. xià measure word a time; an instance
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
    Notes: (Guoyu '下' n 6)
15. xià verb to capture; to take
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 攻克 (Guoyu '下' v 2)
16. xià verb to put in
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 放入 or 投入 (Guoyu '下' v 3)
17. xià verb to enter
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 进入 (Guoyu '下' v 4)
18. xià verb to eliminate; to remove; to get off
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 除去 (Guoyu '下' v 5)
19. xià verb to finish work or school
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 下班 or 下课 (Guoyu '下' v 6)
20. xià verb to go
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 往 (Guoyu '下' v 11)
21. xià verb to scorn; to look down on
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 轻视 (Guoyu '下' v 12)
22. xià verb to modestly decline
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 谦让 (Guoyu '下' v 13)
23. xià verb to produce
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 生产 (Guoyu '下' v 14)
24. xià verb to stay at; to lodge at
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 住宿 or 留宿 (Guoyu '下' v 14)
25. xià verb to decide
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 决定 (Guoyu '下' v 16)
26. xià verb to be less than
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 少于 (Guoyu '下' v 17)
27. xià adjective humble; lowly
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 微贱 (Guoyu '下' adj 3)
28. xià adjective below; adhara
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: adharaḥ, Tibetan: 'og ma (BCSD '下', p. 31; Mahāvyutpatti 'adharaḥ'; MW 'adhara'; SH '下', p. 54)
29. xià adjective lower; inferior; hina
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: hīna, Tibetan: dman ba'am ngan pa (Mahāvyutpatti 'hīnaḥ'; MW 'hīna'; SH '下', p. 54)

Contained in

• 行走天下 Travel the World
• 既来佛会下，都是有缘人(既來佛會下，都是有緣人) all in the Buddhist community are friends
• 静观天下事 参透远见心(靜觀天下事 參透遠見心) Observing the happening of the world; Intuiting the insight of great visions.
• 摩尼教下部赞(摩尼教下部讚) Monijiao Xia Bu Zan
• 世事不必争人我 身心放下见干坤(世事不必爭人我 身心放下見乾坤) Needless to fight over self and others; Upon letting go, the Truth is revealed.
• 十二头陀行 1. 在阿兰若处 2. 常行乞食 3. 次第乞食 4. 受一食法 5. 节量食 6. 中午后不得饮浆 7. 着弊衲衣 8. 但三衣 9. 冢间住 10. 树下止 11. 露地住 12. 但坐不卧(十二頭陀行 1. 在阿蘭若處 2. 常行乞食 3. 次第乞食 4. 受一食法 5. 節量食 6. 中午後不得飲漿 7. 著弊衲衣 8. 但三衣 9. 冢間住 10. 樹下止 11. 露地住 12. 但坐不臥) Ascetic Practices: 1. living in the wilderness; 2. only eating what is given as alms; 3. collecting alms in order; 4. receiving one meal per day; 5. eating a limited amount; 6. not drinking broth after noontime; 7. wearing robes of cast-off rags; 8. wearing only the three robes; 9. dwelling in cemeteries; 10. staying under a tree; 11. dwelling in an open place; 12. only sitting and not lying down
• 下士 Lance Corporal ; an initial disciple; an initial spiritual trainee
• 向下门(向下門) to lower one's status
• 千里之行　始于足下(千里之行　始於足下) A Thousand-Mile Journey Begins with a Step
• 锦上添花天下有 雪中送炭世间少(錦上添花天下有 雪中送炭世間少) To gild refined gold is perpetual attrition; To deliver coal in the snow is a kind deed uncommon.
• 是法平等　无有高下(是法平等　無有高下) Dharma Is Equal, Without High or Low

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不下 、 胃下垂 、 耳下腺 、 天下太平 、 井下 、 垓下 、 下页 、 舌下 、 胯下之辱 、 下逐客令 、 下聘 、 鸟脚下目 、 包打天下 、 下台阶 、 下笔 、 地下情 、 按下葫芦浮起瓢 、 下午 、 下发 、 月下老人 、 上有天堂，下有苏杭 、 下箭头键 、 下身 、 下品 、 无从下手 、 九泉之下 、 下班 、 下放 、 容下 、 以下 、 天下文化出版公司 、 上下床 、 攻下 、 下腹部 、 两下子 、 阁下 、 下江 、 下午茶 、 釉下彩 、 下联

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• Monasteries in the Mountains and Monasteries in the in the Cities - Monastics Living in Seclusion and Monastics Living in Society 山林寺院和都市寺院-----兼論蘭若比丘和人間比丘 Treatises on Humanistic Buddhism 《人間佛教論文集》 — count: 49
• Questions and Discussion 問題討論 Lectures on the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch 《六祖壇經講話》 — count: 34
• India 印度 Traces Over the Sky and Ocean 《海天遊踪》 — count: 33
• Section 2 China - Chapter 9: Chan School of Buddhism Gathers Large Numbers of Followers 第二篇　中國篇 第九章　禪宗的風起雲湧 Buddhism Series 5 - Buddhist History 《佛教叢書5－教史》 — count: 30
• Hsing Yun Diary 20 - Discussing Emptiness and Existence: The Vertical is Exhausted by the Three Time Periods 星雲日記20～談空說有 豎窮三際(1992/11/16～1992/11/30) Hsing Yun Diary (1991/5-1992/12) 《星雲日記(1991/5~1992/12)》 — count: 28
• My Ideas for Establishing a European Buddhist Center 我想建立歐洲佛教中心 Buddhist Affinities over a Century 10 - Places of Practice 2 《百年佛緣10－道場篇2》 — count: 28
• My Beginning with Buddhism in South America 我在南美洲佛教的起跑 Buddhist Affinities over a Century 10 - Places of Practice 2 《百年佛緣10－道場篇2》 — count: 27
• Hsing Yun Diary 2 - Inventing a Comprehensive Life 星雲日記２～創造全面的人生 創造全面的人生(1989/12/16~12/31) Hsing Yun Diary (1989/7-1991/4) 《星雲日記(1989/7~1991/4)》 — count: 27
• Embracing Nature: Ecology from a Buddhist Perspective (1) 佛教與自然生態（上） Treatises on Humanistic Buddhism 《人間佛教論文集》 — count: 27
• Buddhism and the Flowers of Causes and Conditions 佛教與花的因緣 Treatises on Humanistic Buddhism 《人間佛教論文集》 — count: 27