下山

xiàshān
verb HSK 7 #20,975

Meanings

  1. 1 to go down a mountain; to descend a mountain

Examples

Shàngshān róngyì xiàshān nán.
Going up the mountain is easy, coming down is hard.
Tiānhēi zhīqián wǒmen děi xiàshān.
We need to get down the mountain before dark.
Lǎohǔ xiàshān le.
The tiger came down the mountain.

Tips

culture
上山容易下山 ('going up is easy, coming down is hard') is a famous proverb used both literally (descending is harder on your knees) and figuratively — it's easy to get into something but hard to get out. 老虎下山 ('tiger descends the mountain') is an idiom for someone powerful making a dramatic entrance.

Stroke Order

xià
shān