降格 (jiàng) — to lower one's standards or status

A written/formal verb meaning to lower one's standards or status, often to achieve some practical goal. The first character 降 is pronounced here as jiàng (not xiáng 'to surrender').

verb
to lower one's standards or status

예문

  • Tā wèi le zhuàn qián, jìng rán jiàng le gé qù zuò zì jǐ bù xǐ huan de gōng zuò.
    To make money, he actually lowered his standards and took a job he didn't like.
  • 降格
    Gōng sī wèi le shēng cún bù dé bú jiàng yǐ qiú.
    The company had to lower its standards to survive.
  • Tā cóng wèi jiàng guò gé, shǐ zhōng jiān chí zì jǐ de yuán zé.
    He has never lowered his standards and has always stuck to his principles.
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