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下行
xià xíng
Meaning
- (of trains) down (i.e. away from the capital)
- to issue (a document) to lower bureaucratic levels
- (of river boats) to travel downstream
Definition
下行，指（车辆、船舶等）从起点向终点行驶，或（价格、数量等）下降、减少，也指（文件、通知等）从上到下发送。
Downward movement; referring to trains or ships traveling away from the capital or southward, or prices falling, or documents being sent down from higher authorities.
Usage
常用于表示列车或船舶的行驶方向（例如下行列车），或经济数据、价格的下跌，也可用于公文传递中表示上级向下级发送文件。
Commonly used to indicate the direction of trains or ships (e.g., down train), or a decline in economic data or prices, or in official document transmission from higher to lower levels.
Examples
- 1 这趟列车是下行列车，开往上海。 (This train is a down train heading to Shanghai.)
- 2 近期股市持续下行，投资者需谨慎。 (The stock market has been declining recently, and investors should be cautious.)
- 3 物价下行有利于消费者，但可能影响企业利润。 (Falling prices benefit consumers but may affect corporate profits.)
- 4 上级单位已经下发下行文件，要求严格执行。 (The higher authority has issued a downward document, requiring strict implementation.)
- 5 经济下行压力加大，政府出台了一系列刺激政策。 (With increasing downward pressure on the economy, the government introduced a series of stimulus policies.)
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