上班
shàng bān
Pinyin
Definition
上班
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- to go to work
- to be on duty
- to start work
- to go to the office
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一哭二闹三上吊
- 1 to make a terrible scene (idiom)
- 2 to throw a tantrum
一条绳上的蚂蚱
- 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
三天不打,上房揭瓦
- 1 three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)
- 2 spare the rod, spoil the child
上一次当,学一次乖
- 1 to take sth as a lesson for next time (idiom)
- 2 once bitten, twice shy
上下其手
- 1 to raise and lower one's hand (idiom); to signal as conspiratorial hint
- 2 fig. conspiring to defraud
Sample Sentences
近半个月以来,武汉市民已经可以凭手机里的健康码“绿码”走出小区,上班或采购时戴着口罩、保持间距。城市交通也已逐渐恢复,高峰时段的长江大桥甚至有些许拥堵。
In the past couple of weeks, Wuhan citizens are able to walk out of their neighbours with a health code "green code" in their phones. When working or doing groceries, they wear masks and maintain distance. The traffic in the city is back to normal, and is even jammed on the Yangtze Bridge during rush hours.
隔天他拖着疲惫的身躯去上班,晚上剩他一个人准备打烊的时候,女孩儿又来了。秦宇显得有点不知所措。
The next day, he dragged himself to work. When it was time to close the shop at night, the girl came again. QinYu looked like he didn't know what to do.
在家吃早餐、看电视新闻,我很喜欢上班以前看一下新闻。
I have breakfast, watch some news. I really like watching a bit of news before work.
你上班以前都做些什么?
What do you do before work?
我上班以前都得去公园遛狗呢,那你觉得上班的时候,做什么最累?
I have to go to the park to walk the dog before work. Then, what do you think is the most exhausting thing you have to do at work?
她根本在我头上点火。这么多人上班开小差,她都睁一只眼闭一只眼。我只不过迟到三分钟,就让我写检讨书。
She's basically sweeping me away. She turns a blind eye to every other employee that is absent-minded all day. I was only late for three minutes and she made me write a feedback report.
我习惯走路上班。
I am used to walking to work.
我明天去。今天不能去上班,怎么办?
I’ll go tomorrow. I can’t go to work today. What should I do?
我姓范,叫Josh。我是会计部门来的新员工。今天是我第一天上班,请多多指教。拜托大家了。需要我帮忙的,尽管说。
My last name is Fan, and my first name is Josh. I am a new employee in the Accounting Department. This is my first day of work. I would appreciate your guidance. Thank you for your help. If there’s anything you need help with, feel free to ask.
下班像条龙,上班像条虫。
Behave like a dragon after work, but lazy like a worm at work.