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放下 (fàng xià): To lay down (verb) — Meaning & Stroke Order
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放 • fàng • to put; set free • HSK 2.0 L3
HSK 3
fàng
放
to put; set free
下 • xià • down; below • HSK 2.0 L1
HSK 1
xià
下
down; below
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Words Sharing Characters
More common words that include characters from 放下.
Words with
放
放假
fàng jià
to have a holiday or vacation
放学
fàng xué
to dismiss students at the end of the school day
放心
fàng xīn
relax; feel relieved
放弃
fàng qì
to renounce
放松
fàng sōng
to relax; slacken; loosen
放暑假
fàng shǔ jià
to be on summer vacation
存放
cún fàng
to deposit
开放
kāi fàng
lift a restriction; open up (to the outside world/ public etc.)
Words with
下
下午
xià wǔ
afternoon
下班
xià bān
to finish work
下课
xià kè
to finish class
下雨
xià yǔ
rain
一下
yī xià
[used after a verb] give something a go
下去
xià qu
to go down
下来
xià lai
to come down
下面
xià miàn
below
4.
Example Sentences with 放下
tā
他
men
们
bù
不
xiǎng
想
dǎ
打
zhàng
仗
,
suǒ
所
yǐ
以
fàng
放
xià
下
le
了
gān
干
gē
戈
。
They don't want to fight, so they laid down their weapons.
tīng
听
dào
到
mén
门
líng
铃
xiǎng
响
,
tā
他
jí
急
máng
忙
fàng
tā
他
fàng
放
xià
下
shǒu
手
zhōng
中
de
的
shū
书
,
jiē
接
péng
朋
yǒu
友
fā
发
lái
来
xiāo
消
xī
息
shí
时
,
wǒ
我
lì
tā
她
liàn
恋
liàn
恋
bù
不
shě
舍
dì
地
fàng
放
xià
下
nà
那
放
xià
下
shǒu
手
zhōng
中
de
的
wén
文
jiàn
件
qù
去
kāi
开
mén
门
。
Hearing the doorbell ring, he hurriedly put down the document in his hand to answer the door.
zhe
着
dǎ
打
kāi
开
le
了
diàn
电
nǎo
脑
kāi
开
shǐ
始
gōng
工
zuò
作
。
He put down the book in his hand and then turned on the computer to start working.
立
kè
刻
fàng
放
xià
下
shǒu
手
tóu
头
gōng
工
zuò
作
qù
去
huí
回
dá
答
。
When my friend sent a message, I immediately put down my work to reply.
běn
本
yǐn
引
rén
人
rù
入
shèng
胜
de
的
xiǎo
小
shuō
说
,
zhǔn
准
bèi
备
shuì
睡
jiào
觉
。
She reluctantly put down the captivating novel and prepared to sleep.