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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

下坡 [xiàpō]
  1. 1. verb To downgrade.
    下坡时车速不能太快, 最好轻踩刹车。
    One can not drive too fast when traveling downhill, one'd better step on the brake lightly.
  2. 2. noun descent

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

下坡 [xiàpō]
  1. 1. 动 在地形倾斜的地方,由高处到低处
    下坡比上坡省劲。
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Examples

滑行下坡
coast down a slope → 滑行
几个人一铆劲儿，就把大石头撬下坡去了。
With a sudden thrust, they sent the boulder rolling down the hillside. → 铆劲儿
下坡时车速不能太快, 最好轻踩刹车。
One can not drive too fast when traveling downhill, one'd better step on the brake lightly. → 下坡
下坡。 → 下
下坡比上坡省劲。 → 下坡

Word Decomposition

下
[xià] 		+ 坡
[pō]

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