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Immediately in Chinese: 当下 (dāng xià)

dāng xià

immediately

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 當下1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1immediately
  2. 2at once
  3. 3at that moment
  4. 4at the moment

Stroke order

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当
下

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ㄉㄤ

dāng

ㄉ/ dㄤ/ ang—/ first tone

ㄒㄧㄚˋ

xià

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄚ/ aˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

当下

Simplified

當下

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 我们应该珍惜当下的每一天。

    wǒ men yīng gāi zhēn xī dāng xià de měi yì tiān。

    We should cherish every day of the present.

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Related words

下

xià

down

当

dāng

(onom.) dong

下午

xià wǔ

afternoon

下雨

xià yǔ

to rain

当然

dāng rán

only natural

当地

dāng dì

local

当时

dāng shí

then

当代

dāng dài

the present age

上当

shàng dàng

taken in (by sb's deceit)

下载

xià zǎi

to download

相当

xiāng dāng

equivalent to

楼下

lóu xià

downstairs

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