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上下文
shàng xià wén
Pinyin
Definition
上下文
-
shàng xià wén
(textual) context
Character Decomposition
上
⺊
一
下
一
卜
文
文
Related Words
(20)
一下
yī xià
1
(used after a verb) give it a go
2
to do (sth for a bit to give it a try)
3
one time
4
once
5
in a while
6
all of a sudden
7
all at once
上
shǎng
1
see 上聲|上声[shǎng shēng]
上海
Shàng hǎi
1
Shanghai municipality, central east China, abbr. to 滬|沪[Hù]
上班
shàng bān
1
to go to work
2
to be on duty
3
to start work
4
to go to the office
下
xià
1
down
2
downwards
3
below
4
lower
5
later
6
next (week etc)
7
second (of two parts)
8
to decline
9
to go down
10
to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc)
11
measure word to show the frequency of an action
下午
xià wǔ
1
afternoon
2
CL:個|个[gè]
3
p.m.
下载
xià zǎi
1
to download
2
also pr. [xià zài]
博文
bó wén
1
blog article
2
to write a blog article (netspeak)
天下
tiān xià
1
land under heaven
2
the whole world
3
the whole of China
4
realm
5
rule
早上
zǎo shang
1
early morning
2
CL:個|个[gè]
晚上
wǎn shang
1
evening
2
night
3
CL:個|个[gè]
4
in the evening
一下子
yī xià zi
1
in a short while
2
all at once
3
all of a sudden
三文鱼
sān wén yú
1
salmon (loanword)
上下
shàng xià
1
up and down
2
top and bottom
3
old and new
4
length
5
about
上来
shàng lái
1
to come up
2
to approach
3
(verb complement indicating success)
上传
shàng chuán
1
to upload
上午
shàng wǔ
1
morning
2
CL:個|个[gè]
上去
shàng qù
1
to go up
上台
shàng tái
1
to rise to power (in politics)
2
to go on stage (in the theater)
上司
shàng si
1
boss
2
superior
Idioms
(20)
一哭二闹三上吊
yī kū èr nào sān shàng diào
1
to make a terrible scene (idiom)
2
to throw a tantrum
一文不值
yī wén bù zhí
1
worthless (idiom)
2
no use whatsoever
一条绳上的蚂蚱
yī tiáo shéng shàng de mà zha
1
lit. grasshoppers tied together with a piece of string (idiom)
2
fig. people who are in it together for better or worse
3
people who will sink or swim together
一纸空文
yī zhǐ kōng wén
1
a worthless piece of paper (idiom)
三下两下
sān xià liǎng xià
1
quickly and effortlessly (idiom)
三天不打,上房揭瓦
sān tiān bù dǎ , shàng fáng jiē wǎ
1
three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)
2
spare the rod, spoil the child
上一次当,学一次乖
shàng yī cì dàng , xué yī cì guāi
1
to take sth as a lesson for next time (idiom)
2
once bitten, twice shy
上下其手
shàng xià qí shǒu
1
to raise and lower one's hand (idiom); to signal as conspiratorial hint
2
fig. conspiring to defraud
上不了台面
shàng bù liǎo tái miàn
1
better kept under the table (idiom)
2
not to be disclosed
3
too inferior to show in public
上不得台盘
shàng bù dé tái pán
1
too uncouth to appear in public (idiom)
2
unfit for a public role
上天入地
shàng tiān rù dì
1
lit. to go up to heaven or down to Hades (idiom)
2
fig. to go to great lengths
3
to search heaven and earth
上天无路,入地无门
shàng tiān wú lù , rù dì wú mén
1
lit. there is no road to the sky, nor door into the earth (idiom)
2
fig. to be at the end of one's rope
3
to be trapped in a hopeless situation
上有天堂,下有苏杭
shàng yǒu tiān táng , xià yǒu Sū Háng
1
lit. there is heaven above, and there is 蘇杭|苏杭[Sū Háng] below (idiom)
2
fig. the beauty and affluence of Suzhou and Hangzhou is comparable with heaven
上有政策,下有对策
shàng yǒu zhèng cè , xià yǒu duì cè
1
The higher ups have policies while the lower downs have their own ways of getting around them. (idiom)
上有老下有小
shàng yǒu lǎo xià yǒu xiǎo
1
lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)
2
fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children
3
sandwich generation
上梁不正下梁歪
shàng liáng bù zhèng xià liáng wāi
1
lit. If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked (idiom); fig. subordinates imitate their superiors' vices
上气不接下气
shàng qì bù jiē xià qì
1
out of breath (idiom)
2
to gasp for air
上行下效
shàng xíng xià xiào
1
subordinates follow the example of their superiors (idiom)
上贼船
shàng zéi chuán
1
lit. to board a pirate ship (idiom)
2
fig. to associate with criminals
不值一文
bù zhí yī wén
1
worthless (idiom)
2
no use whatsoever
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