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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. 在地形倾斜的地方,由高处到低处
    下坡比上坡省劲。

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
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下坡比上坡省劲。 下坡

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