下达 xiàdá to transmit to lower levels
to transmit to lower levels; to issue (a command, decree etc)
How to remember 下达: 下 down + 达 to reach = to transmit to lower levels.
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How it is used
- 'To hand down / transmit to lower levels (orders, targets)' - 下达命令 (xiàdá mìnglìng) issue a command down the chain, 下达任务 (xiàdá rènwù) assign a task downward.
- Top-down bureaucratic register, the opposite direction from 上报; more about transmitting than 下令 (giving) the order.