上下
HSK 5up and down; approximately
Alternative translations
- les vieux et les jeunes
- les supérieurs et les inférieurs
- plus ou moins
- environ
- à peu près
- monter et descendre
Explanation
the full vertical extent of sth; from top to bottom; to go up and down; before and after (as in 上下文[shang4 xia4 wen2] "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[shang4 xia4 he2 mu4] "harmony between superiors and subordinates"); all members of a group (as in 舉國上下|举国上下[ju3 guo2 shang4 xia4] "the entire nation"); relative superiority (as in 不相上下[bu4 xiang1 shang4 xia4] "evenly matched")
Examples
上下
From top to bottom
举国上下
Nationwide