布下

bùxià

verb

Meanings

1 to set up (a trap, formation, or arrangement)
2 to lay out
3 to deploy

Characters

to spread / arrange

down (result complement)

Examples

HSK 4

敌人在山口布下了重兵。

Dírén zài shānkǒu bùxià le zhòngbīng.

The enemy deployed heavy forces at the mountain pass.

HSK 7-9

他们布下了一个圈套，等他自投罗网。

Tāmen bùxià le yī gè quāntào, děng tā zìtóu-luówǎng.

They set a trap and waited for him to walk right into it.

Tips

grammar

布 + directional 下 = 'lay out / put down'. Common collocations: 布下天罗地网 'set an inescapable net', 布下陷阱 'set a trap', 布下重兵 'station heavy troops', 布下迷魂阵 'set a confounding formation'. The 下 is a result complement, not a separable particle, so the object follows: 布下 + N.

Stroke Order

布 bù

下 xià