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下场

xià chǎng · xia chang/xià chang · xia chang

Traditional 下場

HSK 7–9

Meaning

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xià chǎng 下場

  1. to leave (the stage, an exam room, the playing field etc)
  2. to take part in some activity
  3. to take an examination (in the imperial examination system)

xià chang 下場

  1. the end
  2. to conclude
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Off the court

  1. Dengdeng

    亮亮(liàngliàng)，你(nǐ)已经(yǐjīng)打(dǎ)了(le)一个小时(yīgèxiǎoshí)，下场(xiàchǎng)休息(xiūxi)一下(yīxià)吧(ba)。

    Liangliang, you've played for an hour. Leave the court and rest a bit.

  2. Liangliang

    不行(bùxíng)，我们(wǒmen)还(hái)没(méi)赢(yíng)呢(ne)。

    No. We haven't won yet.

  3. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)累(lèi)得(de)都(dōu)跑不动(pǎobùdòng)了(le)，快(kuài)下场(xiàchǎng)！

    You're too tired to run. Get off the court!

  4. Liangliang

    好吧(hǎoba)，那(nà)你(nǐ)上场(shàngchǎng)。

    Fine, then you go on.

  5. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)上场(shàngchǎng)？我(wǒ)不会(bùhuì)打(dǎ)篮球(lánqiú)啊(a)！

    Me? But I can't play basketball!

  6. Liangliang

    那(nà)我(wǒ)还是(háishi)不(bù)下场(xiàchǎng)了(le)。

    Then I'm not leaving the court after all.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

球(qiú)员(yuán)们(men)跑(pǎo)下(xià)场(chǎng)，在(zài)中(zhōng)场(chǎng)休(xiū)息(xi)时(shí)开(kāi)了(le)一(yí)个(gè)会(huì)。

The players ran off the pitch and had a meeting during half-time.

Tatoeba: Chinese by trieuho · English by trieuho · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

他(tā)因(yīn)为(wèi)作(zuò)弊(bì)而(ér)落(luò)得(de)个(gè)被(bèi)开(kāi)除(chú)的(de)下(xià)场(chang)。

He ended up being expelled because of cheating.

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