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坐下 zuò xia to sit down
zuò to sit / to take a seat / to take (a bus, airplane etc) / to bear fruit / variant of 座[zuo4]
to sit astride / to ride (a horse, bike etc) / classifier for saddle horses
to crawl / to climb / to get up or sit up
补考 kǎo to sit for a makeup exam / to resit an exam / makeup exam / resit
考研 kǎo yán to sit an entrance exam for a graduate program
老虎凳 lǎo dèng tiger bench (torture method in which the victim sits with legs extended horizontally along a bench, upper legs held down with straps while bricks are inserted under the feet, forcing the knee joint to bend in reverse)
复试 shì to sit for the second round of a two-stage exam
打坐 zuò to sit in meditation / to meditate
围坐 wéi zuò to sit in a circle / seated around (a narrator)
既来之,则安之 lái zhī , ān zhī Since they have come, we should make them comfortable (idiom). Since we're here, take it easy. / Since this is so, we should accept it. / Now we have come, let's stay and take the rough with the smooth. / If you can't do anything to prevent it, you might as well sit back and enjoy it.
静坐 jìng zuò to sit quietly / to meditate / to stage a sit-in
旁听 páng tīng to sit in on (proceedings) / to be present at a meeting as an observer / to audit (a class)
面壁 miàn to face the wall / to sit facing the wall in meditation (Buddhism) / (fig.) to devote oneself to study, work etc
刮目相看 guā xiāng kàn to have a whole new level of respect for sb or sth / to sit up and take notice (of sb's improved performance etc)
落座 luò zuò to sit down / to take a seat
端坐 duān zuò to sit upright
盘腿 pán tuǐ to sit cross-legged / to sit in the lotus position
盘坐 pán zuò to sit cross-legged (as in the lotus position)
缺阵 quē zhèn (sports) to miss a game (due to injury, suspension etc); to sit out a match
坐以待毙 zuò dài to sit and wait for death (idiom); resigned to one's fate
坐等 zuò děng to sit and wait / (fig.) to be passive; to sit back and wait for (success, an opportunity etc)
席地而坐 ér zuò to sit on the ground or the floor (idiom)
正襟危坐 zhèng jīn wēi zuò to sit upright and still (idiom)
参禅 cān chán to practice Chan Buddhist meditation / to practice Zen meditation / to sit in meditation


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