上周
shàng zhōu
Pinyin

Definition

上周
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shàng zhōu
  1. last week

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

上
shǎng
  1. 1 see 上聲|上声[shǎng shēng]
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
早上
zǎo shang
  1. 1 early morning
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
晚上
wǎn shang
  1. 1 evening
  2. 2 night
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
  4. 4 in the evening
上下
shàng xià
  1. 1 up and down
  2. 2 top and bottom
  3. 3 old and new
  4. 4 length
  5. 5 about
上来
shàng lái
  1. 1 to come up
  2. 2 to approach
  3. 3 (verb complement indicating success)
上传
shàng chuán
  1. 1 to upload
上午
shàng wǔ
  1. 1 morning
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
上去
shàng qù
  1. 1 to go up
上台
shàng tái
  1. 1 to rise to power (in politics)
  2. 2 to go on stage (in the theater)
上司
shàng si
  1. 1 boss
  2. 2 superior
上场
shàng chǎng
  1. 1 on stage
  2. 2 to go on stage
  3. 3 to take the field
上天
shàng tiān
  1. 1 Heaven
  2. 2 Providence
  3. 3 God
  4. 4 the day before
  5. 5 the sky above
  6. 6 to fly to the sky
  7. 7 to take off and fly into space
  8. 8 to die
  9. 9 to pass away
上学
shàng xué
  1. 1 to go to school
  2. 2 to attend school
上市
shàng shì
  1. 1 to hit the market (of a new product)
  2. 2 to float (a company on the stock market)
上帝
Shàng dì
  1. 1 God
上床
shàng chuáng
  1. 1 to go to bed
  2. 2 (coll.) to have sex
上手
shàng shǒu
  1. 1 to obtain
  2. 2 to master
  3. 3 overhand (serve etc)
  4. 4 seat of honor
上升
shàng shēng
  1. 1 to rise
  2. 2 to go up
  3. 3 to ascend
上映
shàng yìng
  1. 1 to show (a movie)
  2. 2 to screen

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
上不了台面
shàng bù liǎo tái miàn
  1. 1 better kept under the table (idiom)
  2. 2 not to be disclosed
  3. 3 too inferior to show in public
上不得台盘
shàng bù dé tái pán
  1. 1 too uncouth to appear in public (idiom)
  2. 2 unfit for a public role
上天入地
shàng tiān rù dì
  1. 1 lit. to go up to heaven or down to Hades (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to go to great lengths
  3. 3 to search heaven and earth
上天无路，入地无门
shàng tiān wú lù , rù dì wú mén
  1. 1 lit. there is no road to the sky, nor door into the earth (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be at the end of one's rope
  3. 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. 1 lit. there is heaven above, and there is 蘇杭|苏杭[Sū Háng] below (idiom)
  2. 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. 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. 1 lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children
  3. 3 sandwich generation
上梁不正下梁歪
shàng liáng bù zhèng xià liáng wāi
  1. 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. 1 out of breath (idiom)
  2. 2 to gasp for air
上行下效
shàng xíng xià xiào
  1. 1 subordinates follow the example of their superiors (idiom)
上贼船
shàng zéi chuán
  1. 1 lit. to board a pirate ship (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to associate with criminals
不要在一棵树上吊死
bù yào zài yī kē shù shàng diào sǐ
  1. 1 don't insist on only taking one road to Rome (idiom)
  2. 2 there's more than one way to skin a cat
世上无难事，只怕有心人
shì shàng wú nán shì , zhǐ pà yǒu xīn rén
  1. 1 there is nothing the determined person can't accomplish (idiom)
  2. 2 persistence will overcome
力争上游
lì zhēng shàng yóu
  1. 1 to strive for mastery (idiom); aiming for the best result
  2. 2 to have high ambitions
包在我身上
bāo zài wǒ shēn shang
  1. 1 leave it to me (idiom)
  2. 2 I'll take care of it

Sample Sentences

我上周生病了。
wǒ shàngzhōu shēngbìng le 。
I was sick last week.
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秦宇终于松了一口气，原来是个乌龙，只是虚惊一场罢了。他趁机问了女孩儿的名字，聊了几句，原来女孩儿喜欢看话剧，同时也是个古董控，一个月前去了上海玩，在上海看了几场话剧，还去逛了一些跳蚤市场。秦宇原本想加她微信，但女孩儿说手机上周摔坏了，暂时没有手机可以用。于是他们直接约了隔天表演开场前的半小时在剧院门口碰面。
QínYǔ zhōngyú sōngleyìkǒuqì ，yuánlái shì ge wūlóng ，zhǐshì xūjīngyìchǎng bàle 。tā chènjī wèn le nǚháiēr de míngzi ，liáo le jǐ jù ，yuánlái nǚháiēr xǐhuan kàn huàjù ，tóngshí yě shì ge gǔdǒng kòng ，yīgē yuè qián qù le Shànghǎi wán ，zài Shànghǎi kàn le jǐ chǎng huàjù ，hái qù quàng le yīxiē tiàozǎoshìchǎng 。QínYǔ yuánběn xiǎng jiā tā Wēixìn ，dàn nǚháiēr shuō shǒujī shàngzhōu shuāihuài le ，zànshí méiyǒu shǒujī kěyǐ yòng 。yúshì tāmen zhíjiē yuē le gétiān biǎoyǎn kāichǎng qián de bànxiǎoshí zài jùyuàn ménkǒu pèngmiàn 。
QinYu took a load off his mind. As it turned out that it's a mistake, merely a false alarm. He seized the opportunity and asked the girl's name, chatted for a while. In fact, the girl likes to watch stage drama, and she's a big fan of antique as well. Last month, she went to visit Shanghai, watched some play there, and visited some flea market. QinYu was thinking to add her on Wechat, but the girl said that she broke her phone last week, so she doesn't have a phone. Therefore, they decided to meet in front of the theatre half an hour before the play starts the next day.
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相较于日股的愁云惨雾，美国股市自2月11日触底之后，一路反弹，上周五(18日)站上今年以来新高，市场转趋正面。交易日道琼工业平均指数上涨百分之零点六九、收一万七千六百零二点三零点，创2015年12月30日以来收盘新高，这已是连续第六个交易日走高，连续第三周上扬。
xiāngjiàoyú rìgǔ de chóuyúncǎnwù ，Měiguó gǔshì zì èryuè 11rì chùdǐ zhīhòu ，yī lù fǎntán ，shàngzhōuwǔ (18rì )zhàn shàng jīnnián yǐlái xīngāo ，shìchǎng zhuǎnqū zhèngmiàn 。jiāoyìrì dàoqióng gōngyè píngjūn zhǐshù shàngzhǎng bǎifēnzhī líng diǎnr liù jiǔ 、shōu yīwàn qī qiān liù bǎi líng èr diǎnr sān líng diǎnr ，chuàng 2015 nián 12 yuè 30rì yǐlái shōupán xīngāo ，zhè yǐ shì liánxù dì liù gè jiāoyìrì zǒugāo ，liánxù dì sān zhōu shàngyáng 。
Compared to the gloomy outlook for Japanese stocks, the US stock market has staged a steady recovery after bottoming out on February 11, with a new high for the year achieved last Friday (18th), with a turn towards a positive trend in the market. The Dow Jones Industrial Average grew 0.69%, closing at 17,602.3 points, a new high for board closure since 30 December, 2015, the sixth trading day of growth in a row and the third week of growth.
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好，我们言归正传，上周呢我接到了了钟校长的邮件，可谓诚惶诚恐，校长邀请我参加母校的尖峰论坛并希望我与大家谈一谈外交辞令的相关内容。
hǎo ，wǒmen yánguīzhèngzhuàn ，shàngzhōu ne wǒ jiēdào le le Zhōng xiàozhǎng de yóujiàn ，kěwèi chénghuángchéngkǒng ，xiàozhǎng yāoqǐng wǒ cānjiā mǔxiào de jiānfēng lùntán bìng xīwàng wǒ yǔ dàjiā tán yi tán wàijiāo cílìng de xiāngguān nèiróng 。
OK, now getting back to the main topic, when I received an email from Principal Zhong, you could say I was sent into panic. The principal invited me to attend a summit at my alma mater and hoped that I would be able to talk to everyone about diplomatic rhetoric.
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3、妈妈说：“今天天气晴朗，我们去公园怎么样？”爸爸接着说：“上周我们刚刚去过公园，不如我们去海边吧！”
、māma shuō ：“jīntiān tiānqì qínglǎng ，wǒmen qù gōngyuán zěnmeyàng ？”bàba jiēzhe shuō ：“shàngzhōu wǒmen gānggang qù guò gōngyuán ，bùrú wǒmen qù hǎibiān ba ！”
Mom says “ Today’s weather is good, what do you think of going to the park?” Dad says “we went to the park last week, so how about going to the beach!”
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你最近躲到哪儿去啦？连上周篮球赛你也没来。
nǐ zuìjìn hide to nǎr5 qù la ？lián shàngzhōu lánqiú sài nǐ yě méi lái 。
Where have you been lately? You didn't even show up at the basketball game last week.
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我上周找好了新的房子准备下个月搬家的，结果房东不退我押金。
wǒ shàngzhōu zhǎohǎo le xīnde fángzi zhǔnbèi xià gè yuè bānjiā de ，jiéguǒ fángdōng bù tuì wǒ yājīn 。
Last week I found a new apartment and I was preparing to move next month. It turns out the landlord won't give me back my deposit.
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云云，上周你来上课了吗？教了些什么？
yúnyun ，shàngzhōu nǐ lái shàngkè le ma ？jiāo le xiē shénme ？
Yunyun, did you go to classes last week? What did they teach?
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上周我去北京出差了，顺便去看了几个在北京工作的老同学。
shàngzhōu wǒ qù Běijīng chūchāi le ，shùnbiàn qù kàn le jǐ gè zài Běijīng gōngzuò de lǎo tóngxué 。
Last week I went to Beijing on a business trip, and while there I went to see a few of my old classmates working in Beijing.
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