汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 上下
shàng xià
上下
up and down / top and bottom / old and new / length / about
父母 老人 大人 老人家 爹娘 堂上 双亲 二老 爹妈
①职位、辈分较高的人和较低的人君臣上下｜上下交而其志同也｜和上下尊卑等列。②高处与低处；上面与下面。有时具体指天、地，山、泽上下未形，何由考之｜畴若予上下草木鸟兽?③犹言增减从其爵而上下之。④表示程度的高低，事物的优劣不相上下。⑤犹言古今篇章博举，通于上下。⑥犹言前后上下文｜上下要相联，首尾要相应。⑦犹言左右，表示约数一斤上下｜五十岁上下。
上 shàng 下 xià
COMMON WORDS WITH 上下
上上下下
shàng shàng xià xià
up and down / uphill and downhill / from cellar to garret / from garret to kitchen / from top to bottom
自上而下
zì shàng ér xià
top-down
上下水
shàng xià shuǐ
water supply and drainage
上山下乡 ( 上山下鄉 )
shàng shān xià xiāng
to work in the fields (esp. young school-leavers) / forced agricultural experience for city intellectuals
( 上山下鄉 )
七上八下
qī shàng bā xià
at sixes and sevens / perturbed state of mind / in a mess
上下文
shàng xià wén
(textual) context
不相上下 hsk 6
bù xiāng shàng xià
equally matched / about the same
hsk 6
上下班
shàng xià bān
to start and finish work
上下级 ( 上下級 )
shàng xià jí
superior and subordinate
( 上下級 )
上下左右
shàng xià zuǒ yòu
UDLR(Up, Down, Left,Right)
直上直下
zhí shàng zhí xià
straight up and down
举国上下 ( 舉國上下 )
jǔ guó shàng xià
the entire nation / the whole country, from the leadership to the rank and file
( 舉國上下 )
上下游
shàng xià yóu
upstream and downstream
承上启下 ( 承上啓下 )
chéng shàng qǐ xià
a connecting link between the preceding and the following
( 承上啓下 )
上中下
shàng zhōng xià
top, middle and bottom
没上没下 ( 沒上沒下 )
méi shàng méi xià
no respect for seniors / lacking in manners
( 沒上沒下 )
上下一心
shàng xià yī xīn
Both the higher and lower levels are united as one. / The leadership and the rank and file are of one mind.
上行下效 ( 上行下傚 )
shàng xíng xià xiào
subordinates follow the example of their superiors (idiom)
( 上行下傚 )
不分上下
bù fēn shàng xià
not to know one's place
上蹿下跳 ( 上躥下跳 )
shàng cuān xià tiào
jump up and down
( 上躥下跳 )
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