Definition
下作 is a stative verb (often used as an adjective) meaning low, mean, or obscene. It describes actions, speech, or people that are morally low or dirty. In some dialectal usage it can also mean greedy or gluttonous, but the primary sense is negative character judgment. The noun sense 'assistant' listed in dictionaries belongs to a different reading (xiàzuo) and does not apply here.
s.v.
low-downmeanobscenedirty
Examples
- 下作。Tā zhège rén zhēn xià zuō.This person is really low.
- 下作。Bú yào shuō nàme xià zuō de huà.Don't say such obscene words.
- 下作。Zhè zhǒng xíngwéi tài xià zuō le.This kind of behavior is too mean.
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