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下行

Mandarin · pinyin xià xíng

(of trains) down (i.e. away from the capital)
(of river boats) to travel downstream
to issue (a document) to lower bureaucratic levels
(of writing on the page) vertical, proceeding from top to bottom

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下: xià · under, underneath, below; down; inferior; bring down
行: xíng · go; walk; move, travel; circulate; Kangxi radical 144

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4–2 · xia4 xing2

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verb

to go downstream
(Taiwan, of trains) to go down to the south
(Mainland China, of trains) to go in the opposite direction of the capital (Beijing)
to send to lower authorities (as of documents)
(of prices, indexes, etc.) to fall

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