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下 (xià) began as a simple ideograph: a small line or dot placed beneath a longer horizontal stroke to indicate the spatial idea of "down", the opposite of 上. A vertical stroke was later added to distinguish the character from 二 (two), giving the modern form, a long upper horizontal, a downward vertical, and a dot. Its basic meaning "below" then expanded into related actions and abstractions, including descending, going down, issuing orders from a higher authority, and denoting the latter part of a period (such as the second half of a day).
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请坐下休息。
他在楼下等你。
我们下个月再见。
下雨天别忘了带伞。
请写下你的名字。
在老师的指导下，我进步很快。
他把事情的前因后果都交代了一下。
在极端压力下，他依然保持了冷静。
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