下装 (xià zhuāng) — to remove theatrical makeup and costume

Definition

Theatrical/drama term meaning 'to remove stage makeup and costume after a performance' — a specific, formal usage, not everyday 'take off clothes'.

verb

to remove theatrical makeup and costume

Easily confused

下装。
Yǎn yuán yǎn chū hòu yào xià zhuāng.
The actor needs to remove makeup after the performance.
。
Tā xià le zhuāng cái huí jiā.
He removed his makeup before going home.
下装。
Tā huā le bàn xiǎo shí xià zhuāng.
She spent half an hour removing her makeup.

Characters in this word

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.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 裝; 装 is its simplified writing.

壯衣裝

Meaning part形符xíngfú

衣衣yīclothes

Sound part声符shēngfú

壯

壯zhuàng裝zhuāng

Same sound today

The traditional form 裝 pairs 衣 (clothes) with 壯 as a sound part; this story is about 裝, not the simplified 装.