to reduce; to lower; to bring down

to belittle; to disparage; to play down; to demean; to degrade; to devalue

to lower (one's voice)

height; level; (music) pitch; relative superiority; propriety; discretion (usu. in the negative, e.g. 不知高低[bu4 zhi1 gao1 di1]); no matter what; just; simply (will not ..., must ... etc); at long last

to lower; to be humble

too low

to lower; to reduce

to be on the low side; to be inadequate (e.g. of a salary)

new low

to go down; to decline

(neologism) easily moved to tears

amused by even the weakest joke; ready to laugh at the smallest thing

lit. to fight it out with sb to see who is best (idiom); fig. to cross swords with; to lock horns

can't recognize tall or short (idiom); doesn't know what's what

alternately soaring and plunging

crawl high, step low (idiom); unprincipled crawling, flattering one's superiors and trampling on one's juniors; toadying and bullying

to have high standards but little ability; to be fastidious but incompetent (idiom)

high and low; uneven (in height); uneven (of ground)

to act like a snob