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		Trad	Simp	Mandarin	Definition	Days old	Ver
		端起碗吃肉，放下筷子罵娘	端起碗吃肉，放下筷子骂娘	[duan1 qi3 wan3 chi1 rou4 , fang4 xia4 kuai4 zi5 ma4 niang2]	/lit. to eat meat from one's bowl, then put down one's chopsticks and scold one's mother (idiom)/fig. to complain despite being privileged/to be ungrateful for what one has been given/	2020	1
		放下屠刀，立地成佛	放下屠刀，立地成佛	[fang4 xia4 tu2 dao1 , li4 di4 cheng2 fo2]	/lay down butcher's knife, become a Buddha on the spot (idiom); instant rehabilitation/to repent and be absolved of one's crimes/	6353	1
		放下包袱	放下包袱	[fang4 xia5 bao1 fu5]	/to lay down a heavy burden/	6519	1
		放下	放下	[[fang4xia4]]	/to lay down; to put down/to let go of; to relinquish; to set aside/to lower (the blinds etc)/	892	2
		放下身段	放下身段	[[fang4xia4-shen1duan4]]	/to get off one's high horse; to dispense with posturing (and adopt a more humble or empathetic attitude)/	458	2

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