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shàng xià

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Definitions

  1. 1. up and down
  2. 2. top and bottom
  3. 3. length
  4. 4. about

Example Sentences

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吉姆從樹 上下 來。
Source: Tatoeba.org
你搭公車 上下 學嗎?
Source: Tatoeba.org

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Words Containing 上下

不相上下
bù xiāng shàng xià

equally matched

上下其手
shàng xià qí shǒu

to raise and lower one's hand (idiom); to signal as conspiratorial hint

上下班
shàng xià bān

to start and finish work

上下班时间
shàng xià bān shí jiān

rush hour

上下文菜单
shàng xià wén cài dān

context menu (computing)

上下五千年
shàng xià wǔ qiān nián

Tales from 5000 Years of Chinese History in three volumes by Cao Yuzhang 曹餘章|曹余章[cáo yú zhāng]

上下铺
shàng xià pù

bunk bed

上下文
shàng xià wén

(textual) context

上下床
shàng xià chuáng

bunk bed

不分上下
bù fēn shàng xià

not to know one's place

天上下刀子
tiān shàng xià dāo zi

lit. knives rain down from the sky (idiom)

浑身上下
hún shēn shàng xià

all over

举国上下
jǔ guó shàng xià

the entire nation

Child Words of 上下

下
xià

down

上
shàng

on top

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