WordTaiwan frequency #25,018
急轉直下
ㄐㄧˊ ㄓㄨㄢˇ ㄓˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
“to take a sudden turn and develop directly from there; situation changes rapidly and continues in the new direction”
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急
ㄐㄧˊ
Urgent or pressing; rapid or hurried; to make anxious; impatient or irritable; busy with others' affairs.
轉
ㄓㄨㄢˇ
To turn; to change direction or state; to revolve; to transfer; to move; to rotate; to share content online; classifier for revolutions per minute.
直
ㄓˊ
Straight; to straighten; fair and reasonable; frank; straightforward; vertical; continuing motion or action; but; only; however.
下
ㄒㄧㄚˋ
Down; below; under; to go down; to descend; to fall; to arrive; next; later; measure word for actions.
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Words sharing these characters
Vocabulary built from the same characters — most common first
- 一直ㄧ ㄓˊcontinuously; all the time; without interruption; straight ahead; a straight vertical stroke in writing
- 一下a bit; a little (after a verb, indicating brief duration or softening tone); all at once; suddenly; once; one time
- 直接ㄓˊ ㄐㄧㄝdirect; immediate; straightforward; without intermediaries; not indirect
- 下午ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄨˇafternoon; the time from noon until evening; p.m.
- 直到ㄓˊ ㄉㄠˋup to a certain point in time; until.
- 下去ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄑㄩˋto go down; to descend; to continue; to go on; (after a verb) to indicate downward direction; (after an adjective) to indicate gradual increase
- 留下ㄌㄧㄡˊ ˙ㄒㄧㄚto leave behind; to stay behind; to remain; to keep; not to let someone go
- 以下ㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄚˋbelow; under; the following; less than; beneath a certain level or amount.
- 之下ㄓ ㄒㄧㄚˋunder; beneath; less than; in a lower position or condition
- 下來ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄌㄞˊto come down; to descend; (after a verb of motion) down and toward the speaker; (after a verb) indicates completion or result; (after an adjective) gradually more; (of a period of time) to be over; to be harvested (of crops)
- 天下ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄚˋthe whole world; all under heaven; the realm; (historical) the territory of China; (by extension) political rule or dominion over a realm
- 接下來ㄐㄧㄝ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄌㄞˊnext; following; then; subsequently; what comes after; the next step or part.