<p>Answering in context of <a href="https://chinese.stackexchange.com/revisions/6278/3">this edit</a>:</p>
<h3>In short</h3>
<p>Yes, 之下 means &quot;under (the situation of) ...&quot;. A more common form is &quot;在...之下&quot;. For example:</p>
<p>在群众压力之下，他最後正式向公众道歉。<br />
Under (the situation of) the pressure of the masses, he eventually made an official public apology.</p>
<h3>Additional info</h3>
<p>Since some comments have doubt with the grammatical aspect of the sentence, I would like to explain more.</p>
<p>The word 加上 indicates that something happened(有些事情发生了) in previous sentences alongside with the 贵族们煽动. To aid understanding the sentence easier let's try to omit the part 本来就对空心怀反感的 and add 有些事情发生了 at the start. The sentence becomes:</p>
<p>有些事情发生了。加上贵族们煽动之下，发生了示威游行。</p>
<p>Which can be translated to:</p>
<p>Under the situation of (something happened) and the stir-up of the nobles, a march ensued.</p>
<p>A comment suggested that the sentence should be rewritten to either:<br />
加上 (本来就对 空 心怀反感的) 贵族们煽动</p>
<p>(This rewrite removed the cause-effect relationship of the stir-up and the march, which diluted the meaning of the original sentence a bit.) or;</p>
<p>在 (本来就对 空 心怀反感的) 贵族们煽动 之下</p>
<p>This rewrite broken the concurrent relationship of the &quot;something happened&quot; part.</p>
<p>I think the two rewrites can actually be combined together to:</p>
<p>加上 在(本来就对 空 心怀反感的) 贵族们煽动 之下</p>
<p>Which retains both the meaning of 加上 and 之下.</p>
<p>Finally, frankly speaking the grammar of this sentence is not very good, especially the ending part . For me, I would rewrite the whole sentence as:</p>
<p>加上在本来就对空心怀反感的贵族们的煽动之下, 結果示威游行就爆发了。</p>
<p>And by reading more of the original text, it seems that the author is just doing &quot;literal&quot; translations, without much care about the relationship between sentences.</p>

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  <p>加上本来就对空心怀反感的贵族们煽动之下，发生了示威游行。</p>
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<p>It's from a translation</p>

<p>My translation would be: Moreover originally the nobles that felt disgusted by Kong were stirring up under the situation, so they made a march.</p>

<p>What is the meaning of 之下? Is it something like "under the situation"?</p>

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where does this sentence come from? it looks ungrammatical to me. there should not be 之下...
user58955
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@user58955 This come from a Japanese Light Novel Translation, and yes, this sentence is not grammatical. we should close this question.
Ave Maleficum
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Yes it's from a traslation. In the end to understand it, should I then omit 之下？or it's just totally wrong?
Lex
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This sentence is ill-formed because of its wrongly mixed structure. Should use either "**加上** (本来就对 空 心怀反感的) 贵族们煽动" or "**在** (本来就对 空 心怀反感的) 贵族们煽动 **之下**".
Stan
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Thank you, I edited the question as I am still unsure about its meaning and hopefully should be correct now
Lex
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@AveMaleficum under what justification should it be closed? being miss informed has never been justification to close a question on stack exchange, at least not to my knowledge
50-3
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@50-3 OP has already edited this post. What I am referring is last version :)
Ave Maleficum
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This looks more like a partial quote of a sentence instead of a poor sentence structure.
杨以轩
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What does 之下 mean in 加上本来就对空心怀反感的贵族们煽动之下，发生了示威游行?
# What does 之下 mean in 加上本来就对空心怀反感的贵族们煽动之下，发生了示威游行?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-03-19)

> 加上本来就对空心怀反感的贵族们煽动之下，发生了示威游行。

It's from a translation

My translation would be: Moreover originally the nobles that felt disgusted by Kong were stirring up under the situation, so they made a march.

What is the meaning of 之下? Is it something like "under the situation"?

**Tags:** translation, meaning-in-context

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: where does this sentence come from? it looks ungrammatical to me. there should not be 之下...  
> **username_2**: @username_1 This come from a Japanese Light Novel Translation, and yes, this sentence is not grammatical. we should close this question.  
> **username_0**: Yes it's from a traslation. In the end to understand it, should I then omit 之下？or it's just totally wrong?  
> **username_3**: This sentence is ill-formed because of its wrongly mixed structure. Should use either "**加上** (本来就对 空 心怀反感的) 贵族们煽动" or "**在** (本来就对 空 心怀反感的) 贵族们煽动 **之下**".  
> **username_0**: Thank you, I edited the question as I am still unsure about its meaning and hopefully should be correct now  
> **username_4**: @username_2 under what justification should it be closed? being miss informed has never been justification to close a question on stack exchange, at least not to my knowledge  
> **username_2**: @username_4 OP has already edited this post. What I am referring is last version :)  
> **username_5**: This looks more like a partial quote of a sentence instead of a poor sentence structure.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_6 on 2014-03-21. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

Answering in context of [this edit](https://chinese.stackexchange.com/revisions/6278/3):

### In short

Yes, 之下 means "under (the situation of) ...". A more common form is "在...之下". For example:

在群众压力之下，他最後正式向公众道歉。  
Under (the situation of) the pressure of the masses, he eventually made an official public apology.

### Additional info

Since some comments have doubt with the grammatical aspect of the sentence, I would like to explain more.

The word 加上 indicates that something happened(有些事情发生了) in previous sentences alongside with the 贵族们煽动. To aid understanding the sentence easier let's try to omit the part 本来就对空心怀反感的 and add 有些事情发生了 at the start. The sentence becomes:

有些事情发生了。加上贵族们煽动之下，发生了示威游行。

Which can be translated to:

Under the situation of (something happened) and the stir-up of the nobles, a march ensued.

A comment suggested that the sentence should be rewritten to either:  
加上 (本来就对 空 心怀反感的) 贵族们煽动

(This rewrite removed the cause-effect relationship of the stir-up and the march, which diluted the meaning of the original sentence a bit.) or;

在 (本来就对 空 心怀反感的) 贵族们煽动 之下

This rewrite broken the concurrent relationship of the "something happened" part.

I think the two rewrites can actually be combined together to:

加上 在(本来就对 空 心怀反感的) 贵族们煽动 之下

Which retains both the meaning of 加上 and 之下.

Finally, frankly speaking the grammar of this sentence is not very good, especially the ending part . For me, I would rewrite the whole sentence as:

加上在本来就对空心怀反感的贵族们的煽动之下, 結果示威游行就爆发了。

And by reading more of the original text, it seems that the author is just doing "literal" translations, without much care about the relationship between sentences.


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