上下
shàngxià
HSK 5Rank #6,974
- 1.the top and bottom of sth
- 2.the full vertical extent of sth; from top to bottom
- 3.to go up and down
- 4.before and after (as in 上下文[shang4 xia4 wen2] "context")
- 5.(used after a quantity) approximately; ... or so
- 6.(in a social hierarchy) the high and the low; seniors and juniors (as in 上下和睦[shang4 xia4 he2 mu4] "harmony between superiors and subordinates")
- 7.all members of a group (as in 舉國上下|举国上下[ju3 guo2 shang4 xia4] "the entire nation")
- 8.relative superiority (as in 不相上下[bu4 xiang1 shang4 xia4] "evenly matched")
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