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Summary: Learn how to write "lower" in Chinese characters for the poem "Longing of My Hometown in the Midnight" with expert Chinese language tips in this free online Chinese characters video clip.

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Esther-Xiaohua Liu Esther-Xiaohua Liu is currently a graduate student and teaching assistant with a major in Chinese Literature and Languages at The University of Massachusetts,... read more

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Writing "Lower" in Chinese Characters

ESTHER-XIAOHUA LIU: This word is di. Di. Di, the first tone. Di means "lower" or "short," two meanings. And this word has two parts. The part on the left is written in this way. This way, this part is also a word, "ren" means "a person" but we write here together another part we write in this way a little bit different, and the part on the right is written in this way "di." So while we say [SPEAKING IN CHINESE] means "to lower one's head."

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