上下
shàng xià
Meaning 释义
- the top and bottom of sth
- the full vertical extent of sth; from top to bottom
- to go up and down
- before and after (as in 上下文[shàng xià wén] "context")
- (used after a quantity) approximately; ... or so
- (in a social hierarchy) the high and the low; seniors and juniors (as in 上下和睦[shàng xià hé mù] "harmony between superiors and subordinates")
- all members of a group (as in 舉國上下|举国上下[jǔ guó shàng xià] "the entire nation")
- relative superiority (as in 不相上下[bù xiāng shàng xià] "evenly matched")
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