下坡路

Chinese

		to go down a hill; to go downhill; to go down a slope or incline	road; path; way
simp. and trad. (下坡路)		下坡	路

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàpōlù

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄆㄛ ㄌㄨˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàpōlù
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄆㄛ ㄌㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàpolù
    • Wade–Giles: hsia⁴-pʻo¹-lu⁴
    • Yale: syà-pwō-lù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahpoluh
    • Palladius: сяполу (sjapolu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹ pʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ lu⁵¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 下坡路

1. (literally) downhill road
2. (by extension) downward trend; (on the) decline

Antonyms

• 上坡路 (shàngpōlù)