下行 (xià xíng) — (for trains) to go down, away from the capital; (for boats) to travel downstream

Definition

Examples

• 这趟列车从北京下行，下一站是广州。
  Zhè tàng liè chē cóng běi jīng xià xíng, xià yí zhàn shì guǎng zhōu.
  This train goes down from Beijing; the next stop is Guangzhou.
• 他们坐船沿江下行，看到了很多风景。
  Tā men zuò chuán yán jiāng xià xíng, kàn dào le hěn duō fēng jǐng.
  They traveled downstream by boat along the river and saw a lot of scenery.
• 发大水的时候，船只不能下行。
  Fā dà shuǐ de shí hou, chuán zhī bù néng xià xíng.
  When there's a big flood, boats cannot travel downstream.

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