下旬

下

• 上下 shàng xià ㄕㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ soeng6 haa6 the top and bottom of sth
• 下令 xià lìng ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄌㄧㄥˋ haa6 ling6 to give an order; to issue an order
• 下来 下來 xià lai ㄒㄧㄚˋ ˙ㄌㄞ haa6 loi4 to come down
• 下列 xià liè ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄌㄧㄝˋ haa6 lit6 the following; listed below
• 下午 xià wǔ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄨˇ haa6 ng5 afternoon

旬

• 上旬 shàng xún ㄕㄤˋ ㄒㄩㄣˊ soeng6 ceon4 first third of a month
• 中旬 zhōng xún ㄓㄨㄥ ㄒㄩㄣˊ zung1 ceon4 middle third of a month
• 七旬 qī xún ㄑㄧ ㄒㄩㄣˊ cat1 ceon4 70 years; one's seventies
• 八旬 bā xún ㄅㄚ ㄒㄩㄣˊ baat3 ceon4 80 years; one's eighties
• 六旬 liù xún ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄒㄩㄣˊ luk6 ceon4 60 years; one's sixties

• 包打天下 bāo dǎ tiān xià ㄅㄠ ㄉㄚˇ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄚˋ baau1 daa2 tin1 haa6 to run everything (idiom); to monopolize the whole business
• 兵临城下 兵臨城下 bīng lín chéng xià ㄅㄧㄥ ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄔㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ bing1 lam4 sing4 haa6 soldiers at the city walls (idiom); fig. at a critical juncture
• 不愧下学 不愧下學 bù kuì xià xué ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄨㄟˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄒㄩㄝˊ bat1 kwai3 haa6 hok6 not ashamed to learn from subordinates (idiom)

• 三旬九食 sān xún jiǔ shí ㄙㄢ ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄕˊ saam1 ceon4 gau2 sik6 lit. to have only nine meals in thirty days (idiom)
• 旬输月送 旬輸月送 xún shū yuè sòng ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄕㄨ ㄩㄝˋ ㄙㄨㄥˋ ceon4 syu1 jyut6 sung3 pay every ten days, give tribute every month (idiom); incessant and ever more complicated demands