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上下

HSK 5

shàngxià

up 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

shàngxià

From top to bottom

举国上下

jǔ guó shàng xià

Nationwide