上下班
shàng xià bān
Pinyin

Definition

上下班
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shàng xià bān
  1. to start and finish work

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

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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上外牌，我就打算周末的时候开开，平时上下班坐公司班车就挺方便的。
shàng wài pái ，wǒ jiù dǎsuàn zhōumò deshíhou kāikai ，píngshí shàngxiàbān zuò gōngsī bānchē jiù tǐng fāngbiàn de 。
I will mount an outside plate. I plan to drive it on the weekends. I usually ride the company bus to and from work. It's very convenient.
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住得远的话，上下班要花好几个小时，时间全浪费在路上了。啊，怎么办啊？烦死了！
zhù de yuǎn dehuà ，shàngxiàbān yào huā hǎo jǐ gè xiǎoshí ，shíjiān quán làngfèi zài lùshang le 。à ，zěnme bàn a ？fánsǐ le ！
If I lived far away, getting to and from work would take a couple of hours. That time would be completely wasted on the road. Ah! What am I to do? This is so annoying!
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有了它我上下班路上就不无聊了。
yǒu le tā wǒ shàngxiàbān lùshang jiù bù wúliáo le 。
Now that I have this, I won't be bored on the road to and from work.
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没错。而且汽油这么贵，再加上市中心停车又贵又不方便，所以好多人上下班还是选择坐地铁、公车。这样既可以缓解交通压力，也更环保。
méicuò 。érqiě qìyóu zhème guì ，zài jiāshang shìzhōngxīn tíngchē yòu guì yòu bù fāngbiàn ，suǒyǐ hǎo duō rén shàngxiàbān háishì xuǎnzé zuò dìtiě 、gōngchē 。zhèyàngde jì kěyǐ huǎnjiě jiāotōng yālì ，yě gèng huánbǎo 。
That’s right. Plus, fuel is so expensive, and on top of that parking in the downtown area is both expensive and inconvenient. So a lot of commuters still choose to take the subway or bus to and from work. This can alleviate traffic pressure, and is also better for the environment.
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