中下 (zhōng xià) — lower-middle

Definition

adjective
lower-middle

Examples

  • 中下。
    Tā lái zì zhōng xià jiē céng.
    He comes from the lower-middle class.
  • 中下。
    Zhè ge chǎn pǐn de jià gé shǔ yú zhōng xià shuǐ píng.
    The price of this product is at a lower-middle level.
  • 中下。
    Tā de chéng jì zài bān lǐ shì zhōng xià shuǐ píng.
    Her grades are at a lower-middle level in the class.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

中zhōngmiddle
下xiàlower

中 (middle) and 下 (lower) together point to the lower part of the middle range.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The original picture showed a flagpole with a drum in the middle, set up in the center of a field.

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An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

下 is drawn as a short horizontal line below a long curved line.

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