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下去

xià qù · xia qu

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Meaning

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  1. to go down
  2. to descend
  3. to go on
  4. to continue
  5. (of a servant) to withdraw
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In a conversation

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The long TV series

  1. Dengdeng

    这个(zhège)电视剧(diànshìjù)太(tài)长(cháng)了(le)，我(wǒ)看(kàn)不(bù)下去(xiàqù)了(le)。

    This TV series is too long. I can't keep watching.

  2. Liangliang

    再(zài)看(kàn)一集(yījí)吧(ba)。你(nǐ)看(kàn)下去(xiàqù)就(jiù)会(huì)喜欢(xǐhuan)的(de)。

    Watch one more episode. If you keep watching, you'll like it.

  3. Dengdeng

    可是(kěshì)已经(yǐjīng)三十(sānshí)集(jí)了(le)，我(wǒ)只(zhǐ)想(xiǎng)知道(zhīdào)最后(zuìhòu)怎么样(zěnmeyàng)。

    But it's already thirty episodes. I just want to know how it ends.

  4. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)告诉(gàosu)你(nǐ)，最后(zuìhòu)他们(tāmen)……

    Let me tell you, in the end they...

  5. Dengdeng

    别(bié)说(shuō)！我(wǒ)要(yào)自己(zìjǐ)看(kàn)下去(xiàqù)！

    Don't say it! I'll keep watching on my own!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

继(jì)续(xù)讨(tǎo)论(lùn)下(xià)去(qù)，也(yě)不(bú)会(huì)有(yǒu)什(shén)么(me)结(jié)果(guǒ)。

Prolonging the discussion will bring us nowhere.

Tatoeba: Chinese by nickyeow · English by Eldad · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

你(nǐ)沿(yán)着(zhe)这(zhè)条(tiáo)小(xiǎo)路(lù)走(zǒu)下(xià)去(qù)，就(jiù)能(néng)看(kàn)到(dào)湖(hú)。

If you keep going down this path, you'll see the lake.

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下
xià

down; downwards

去
qù

to go; to go to (a place)

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