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title: "在 + … + 下 in Chinese Grammar: Under …, With Examples"
description: "在 + … + 下: under …. 在 X 下 places something under X: 在树下 “under the tree”. 4 real lines from stories, each word explained."
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# 在 + … + 下

Under …

在 X 下 places something under X: 在树下 “under the tree”.

## In stories

糖糖坐**在桌子下**，看着爸爸。

[猫和鱼 · The cat and the fish](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/the-cat-and-the-fish-short-chinese-story-for-kids#library-word-65-69) HSK 2

她坐**在门口的树下**。

[汉字里的画 · Chinese characters that look like pictures](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/chinese-characters-that-look-like-pictures#library-word-282-288) HSK 3

乐乐站**在路灯下**，打开本子，一页一页地看。

[五个名字 · Five names in the snow](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/five-names-in-the-snow#library-word-313-317) HSK 3

一个夏天的下午，别的学生坐**在一棵大松树下**聊天。

[七十二变 · Seventy-Two Changes](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/seventy-two-changes-journey-to-the-west-easy-chinese-3#library-word-367-374) HSK 3

[Read 猫和鱼](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/the-cat-and-the-fish-short-chinese-story-for-kids#library-word-65-69)

## More patterns

- [正在 in the middle of (doing); right now](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/zhengzai)
- [verb + 下去 (keep on) keep on doing it; continue](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/v-xiaqu)
- [在于 lies in; is a matter of; depends on](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/zaiyu)
- [(正)在 + verb + 呢 in the middle of … right now](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/zheng-ne)
- [在…看来 in …’s view](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/zai-kanlai)
- [在…上 (abstract: as regards) as regards …; in …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/zai-shang)

## What does 在 + … + 下 mean in Chinese?

Under …. 在 X 下 places something under X: 在树下 “under the tree”.

## How common is 在 + … + 下?

It comes up in 9 readings of the 392 stories and articles in our free Library.

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Patterns found by our own parser; lines from our free Library.