hillside

slope; incline

slope; CL:個|个[ge4]; sloping; slanted

downhill slope

Kuala Lumpur, capital of Malaysia

uphill; upslope; to move upwards; to climb a slope

see 東坡區|东坡区[Dong1 po1 Qu1]

north slope

Banpo neolithic Yangshao culture archaeological site east of Xi'an 西安

south slope

rockslide; landslip; landslide; mudslide; fig. slump; downturn; to decline

to climb a slope; to go uphill

(intransitive) to weaken; to decrease; (of a subsidy etc) to be rolled back

see 那坡縣|那坡县[Na4 po1 Xian4]

continental slope (boundary of continental shelf)

steep slope; steep incline

see 九龍坡區|九龙坡区[Jiu3 long2 po1 Qu1]

Colombo, capital of Sri Lanka (Tw)

continental slope (boundary of continental shelf)

(of a horse, dog etc) to sit back on one's haunches and refuse to be coaxed forward; (of a person) to brace oneself to resist being made to go forward; (fig.) to dig one's heels in

Colombo, capital of Sri Lanka

Su Dongpo, another name for Su Shi 蘇軾|苏轼 (1037-1101), northern Song writer and calligrapher

(fig.) to decline; to deteriorate; to go downhill

see 麻栗坡縣|麻栗坡县[Ma2 li4 po1 Xian4]

Edgar Allen Poe (1809-1849), American poet and novelist