1 see also: 上声 shǎng shēng

1 Shanghai municipality, central east China, abbr. to 滬|沪[Hù]

1 to go to work

2 to be on duty

3 to start work

4 to go to the office

1 variant: 夜 yè

1 half

2 semi-

3 incomplete

4 (after a number) and a half

1 to make a terrible scene (idiom)

2 to throw a tantrum

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

1 lit. a full bottle makes no sound; a half-filled bottle sloshes (idiom)

2 fig. empty vessels make the most noise

1 lit. to know one and understand half (idiom); a smattering of knowledge

2 dilettante

3 amateur

1 lit. one scale and half a claw (idiom); only odd bits and pieces