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(*ㄒㄧㄤˊ [xiang2] ).
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降旨 issue a royal decree;
降旗 [jiang4qi2]↓;
升降 ascend and descend;
升降機 an elevator, a lift;
下降 come down, drop;
空降 to parachute;
降福 to shower blessings on;
降禍 send down calamity;
降臨 condescend to come;
降雨，降雪 it rains, snows (rain, snow is falling).
(2) Lower, reduce, curtail, cut down: 降格 [jiang4ge2]↓;
降職 demote;
降價 reduce price;
降革 (of officials) degrade and dismiss;
降調 (of officials) transfer to a lower position.
(3) (*[xiang2]) Submit, surrender: 投降 (of troops) surrender to the enemy;
降服 [xiang2fu2]↓;
歸降 return to allegiance;
降將 a general who has surrendered;
降敵go over to the side of the enemy.
(4) (*[xiang2]) Subdue, put under control: 降伏 [xiang2fu2]↓;
降龍伏虎 (Buddhism and Taoism) ability to subdue wild animals, (Taoism) ability to control one's passions, physical prowess;
降得住 can be subdued, able to resist the enemy.
2.降旗 [jiang4qi2], (1) (*[xiang2qi2]) n., flag of surrender; (2) v.i., lower the flag, as at sunset.
3.降凡 [jiang4fan2], v.i., (of divine beings) be born incarnate.
4.降附 *[xiang2fu4], v.i., go over to, come over from, the enemy.
5.降伏 *[xiang2fu2], v.t., subdue (enemy).
6.降服 [jiang4fu2], (1) n., mourning garment one grade lower than the ordinary; (2) (*[xiang2fu2]) v.i., lay down arms and surrender to the enemy.
7.降格 [jiang4ge2], v.i., (1) (LL) (of gods) to grace with presence; (2) condescend: 降格以求 to set one's aim lower than usual, look for (person, thing) without insisting on the best.
8.降號 [jiang4hao4], n., (mus.) flat (“b”).
9.降落 [jiang4luo4], v.i., descend, come down, (of airplanes) to land: 降落傘 [jiang4luo4san3], a parachute.
10.降生 [jiang4sheng1], v.i., be born, see the light of day; 耶穌降生 A.D.; the Incarnation.
11.降神 [jiang4shen2], v.i., offer sacrifices to the gods and pray for their presence.
12.降香 [jiang4xiang1], (1) n., a famous perfume, lignaloes; (2) v.i., (of kings) to offer prayer for rain.
13.降世 [jiang4shi4], v.i., be born into the world.