Taiwan Lounge

上下

shàng xià

B1 Level 5 ★ Core word
Noun

Definition

  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 "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 "harmony between superiors and subordinates")
  7. all members of a group (as in 舉國上下 "the entire nation")
  8. relative superiority (as in 不相上下 "evenly matched")

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Example

這件事還要等上下決定。

This matter still awaits a decision from those above and below.

Related words at this level

上述上司上鎖上台上演上癮上漲稍微

Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).