上司
shàng si
Pinyin

Definition

上司
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shàng si
  1. boss
  2. superior

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

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
公司
gōng sī
  1. 1 (business) company
  2. 2 company
  3. 3 firm
  4. 4 corporation
  5. 5 incorporated
  6. 6 classifier: 家 jiā
早上
zǎo shang
  1. 1 early morning
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
晚上
wǎn shang
  1. 1 evening
  2. 2 night
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
  4. 4 in the evening

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
上下其手
shàng xià qí shǒu
  1. 1 to raise and lower one's hand (idiom); to signal as conspiratorial hint
  2. 2 fig. conspiring to defraud

Sample Sentences

听到消息有新的上司要来，同事就开始出馊主意，说要热热闹闹地为新上司办个欢迎派对，看来他是想和新上司套交情。
tīngdào xiāoxi yǒu Xīn de shàngsi yào lái ，tóngshì jiù kāishǐ chū sōuzhǔyi ，shuō yào rèrènàonào de wéi Xīn shàngsi bàn ge huānyíng pàiduì ，kànlai tā shì xiǎng hé Xīn shàngsi tàojiāoqing 。
When hearing of the news that a new boss was coming, my colleague began to make silly suggestions, saying that we should have a welcoming party for the new boss. It seemed that he was trying to curry favor with the new boss.
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跟同事、上司和好
gēn tóngshì 、shàngsi héhǎo
Making up with colleagues and bosses.
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辞职、跟上司吵架
cízhí 、gēn shàngsi chǎojià
Resigning and fighting with a boss
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在正式场合，或是跟你的上司说话的时候不太适合，可能会让别人觉得你不太认真）
zài zhèngshìchǎnghé ，huòshì gēn nǐ de shàngsi shuōhuà de shíhou bùtài shìhé ，kěnéng huì ràng biérén juéde nǐ bùtài rènzhēn ）
In formal occasions, or when speaking to your boss, it may not appropriate to use this term, it may give the impression that you aren't taking the conversation seriously.
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研发部，副理，你算是朱平的上司了，来参加他的欢送会，很给他面子啊。
yánfā bù ，fùlǐ ，nǐ suàn shì Zhū Píng de shàngsi le ，lái cānjiā tā de huānsònghuì ，hěn gěi tā miànzi ā 。
The assistant manager of the R&D department, so you're pretty much Zhu Ping's superior. It was really good of you to come to his farewell party.
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那你真的是他未来的上司了，我去拿个饮料，一起去吗？
nà nǐ zhēnde shì tā wèilái de shàngsi le ，wǒ qù ná gè yǐnliào ，yīqǐ qù ma ？
So you really are his future superior, I'm going to get a drink, should we go together?
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但是，让她关注更多的则是她的直接上司，李探长。矮矮的身材，秃秃的头发，过时的花衬衫，李探长究竟是怎样一个人？
dànshì ，ràng tā guānzhù gèngduō de zéshì tā de zhíjiēshàngsi ，Lǐ tànzhǎng 。ǎiǎi de shēncái ，tūtū de tóufa ，guòshí de huāchènshān ，Lǐ tànzhǎng jiūjìng shì zěnyàng yī ge rén ？
However, what she took even more notice of was her immediate superior, Detective Li. His short stature, bald head and out of fashion Hawaiian shirt - what kind of person was Detective Li, really?
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我们一般都是招聘全日制本科生，但钱勇的面试表现很不错，他的顶头上司王经理也很欣赏他。要不把这个情况跟王经理说一下吧。
wǒmen yībān dōu shì zhāopìn quánrìzhì běnkēshēng ，dàn Qián Yǒng de miànshì biǎoxiàn hěn bùcuò ，tā de dǐngtóu shàngsi Wáng jīnglǐ yě hěn xīnshǎng tā 。yàobu bǎ zhè ge qíngkuàng gēn Wáng jīnglǐ shuō yīxià ba 。
We normally only employ people with full-time undergraduate degrees, but Qian Yong's interview was excellent and his previous supervisor, Manager Wang, really liked him too. Let's inform Manager Wang of the situation.
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是我以前公司的上司，一直挺欣赏我的。我们也很谈得来。
shì wǒ yǐqián gōngsī de shàngsi ，yīzhí tǐng xīnshǎng wǒ de 。wǒmen yě hěn tándelái 。
He worked above me at my last job. He was always quite nice to me. We got along really well too.
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哟，想象一下那种猥琐的眼神，我鸡皮疙瘩也起来了。你们说碰到这种上司该怎么办啊？
yō ，xiǎngxiàng yīxià nà zhǒng wěisuǒ de yǎnshén ，wǒ jīpí gēda yě qǐlái le 。nǐmen shuō pèngdào zhèzhǒng shàngsi gāi zěnme bàn a ？
Ugh, just thinking of that wretched look in his eyes gives me goosebumps. What do you guys think, if you come across a boss like this, what should you do?
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