上下
shàng xià
Pinyin

Definition

上下
 - 
shàng xià
  1. up and down
  2. top and bottom
  3. old and new
  4. length
  5. about

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

一下
yī xià
  1. 1 (used after a verb) give it a go
  2. 2 to do (sth for a bit to give it a try)
  3. 3 one time
  4. 4 once
  5. 5 in a while
  6. 6 all of a sudden
  7. 7 all at once
上
shǎng
上班
shàng bān
  1. 1 to go to work
  2. 2 to be on duty
  3. 3 to start work
  4. 4 to go to the office
下
xià
  1. 1 down
  2. 2 downwards
  3. 3 below
  4. 4 lower
  5. 5 later
  6. 6 next (week etc)
  7. 7 second (of two parts)
  8. 8 to decline
  9. 9 to go down
  10. 10 to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc)
  11. 11 measure word to show the frequency of an action
下午
xià wǔ
  1. 1 afternoon
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
  3. 3 p.m.

Idioms (20)

一哭二闹三上吊
yī kū èr nào sān shàng diào
  1. 1 to make a terrible scene (idiom)
  2. 2 to throw a tantrum
一条绳上的蚂蚱
yī tiáo shéng shàng de mà zha
  1. 1 lit. grasshoppers tied together with a piece of string (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. people who are in it together for better or worse
  3. 3 people who will sink or swim together
三下两下
sān xià liǎng xià
  1. 1 quickly and effortlessly (idiom)
三天不打，上房揭瓦
sān tiān bù dǎ , shàng fáng jiē wǎ
  1. 1 three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)
  2. 2 spare the rod, spoil the child
上一次当，学一次乖
shàng yī cì dàng , xué yī cì guāi
  1. 1 to take sth as a lesson for next time (idiom)
  2. 2 once bitten, twice shy

Sample Sentences

是呀，听说了，全中国人民都很开心呐，全国上下都在欢庆。
shì ya ，tīngshuō le ，quán Zhōngguó rénmín dōu hěn kāixīn nà ，quánguó shàngxià dōu zài huānqìng 。
Yeah, I heard. Everyone in China was very happy and the whole country, from the ordinary citizens to the leadership, was celebrating.
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在把握好货币总闸门的前提下，要在信贷考核和内部激励上下更大功夫，增强金融机构服务实体经济特别是小微企业的内生动力。
zài bǎwò hǎo huòbì zǒng zhámén de qiántí xià ，yào zài xìndài kǎohé hé nèibù jīlì shàngxià gèngdà gōngfu ，zēngqiáng jīnróngjīgòu fúwù shítǐ jīngjì tèbié shì xiǎo wēi qǐyè de nèi shēng dònglì 。
Under the premise as a gatekeeper for the currency, it is necessary to make greater efforts in credit assessment and internal incentives, and enhance the power of financial institutions to serve the real economy, especially small and micro enterprises.
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时不时说一些甜言蜜语，像是“我愿意天天为你煮饭、天天接你上下班，你知道吗？就算大雨让整座城市颠倒，我会给你怀抱”。
shíbùshí shuō yīxiē tiányánmìyǔ ，xiàng shì “wǒ yuànyì tiāntiān wèi nǐ zhǔ fàn 、tiāntiān jiē nǐ shàngxiàbān ，nǐ zhīdào ma ？jiùsuàn dàyǔ ràng zhěng zuò chéngshì diān dào ，wǒ huì gěi nǐ huái bào ”。
You should whisper sweet nothings to her every so often. Things like "I'd cook for you everyday, I'll take you to and from work everyday, you know that i'd do that for you. Even if the rain turned the whole city upside down, I'll be there to hold you in my arms".
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也没有什么特别的事，就觉得心里特委屈。薪水低，瑣碎的事一堆，上下班通勤时间加起來得花去大半天。
yě méiyǒu shénme tèbié de shì ，jiù juéde xīnli tè wěiqū 。xīnshuǐ dī ，suǒsuì de shì yīduī ，shàngxiàbān tōngqín shíjiān jiā qǐlái děi huā qù dàbàntiān 。
It wasn't anything in particular. I just felt very hard-done by. My salary was low, I had a load of trivial matters to handle and adding the commute to and from work, I was spending over half the day at work.
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你是？（张铁柱上下打量着这个年轻人，不觉得在哪里见过）
nǐ shì ？（Zhāng Tiězhù shàngxià dǎliáng zhe zhè ge niánqīngrén ，bù juéde zài nǎli jiàn guò ）
Who are you? (Zhang Tiezhu looks the young man up and down, convinced that he's never seen him before)
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