四下 (sì xià) — everywhere; all around; in all directions

Definition

noun

everywhereall aroundin all directions

四下，。
Tā sì xià zhāng wàng, méi yǒu kàn dào rèn hé rén.
He looked around but didn't see anyone.
四下，。
Jǐng chá sì xià sōu xún, zhōng yú zhǎo dào le xiàn suǒ.
The police searched everywhere and finally found a clue.
四下。
Zhè ge cūn zi sì xià dōu shì shān.
There are mountains all around this village.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

四sìfour directions

下xiàside/place

四 points to the four directions, and 下 gives a side or place, so the meaning is all around.

Characters in this word

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

The form 四 was drawn as a nose breathing out. It later came to be used for the word four.

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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