上进 (上進)
shàng jìn
Pinyin

Definition

上进 (上進)
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shàng jìn
  1. to make progress
  2. to do better
  3. fig. ambitious to improve oneself
  4. to move forwards

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
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
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

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

能不能别总在那儿一本正经地胡说八道，说点有用的，我自问也是挺努力上进的人，明明知道这辈子要出人头地应该是没指望了，可是内心却还是有点儿小悸动渴望着功成名就呀。
néngbùnéng bié zǒng zài nàr yīběnzhèngjing de húshuōbādào ，shuō diǎnr yǒuyòngde ，wǒ zì wèn yě shì tǐng nǔlì shàngjìn de rén ，míngmíng míng zhīdào zhèbèizi yào chūréntóudì yīnggāi shì méi zhǐwàng le ，kěshì nèixīn què háishì yǒudiǎnr xiǎo jìdòng kěwàng zhe gōngchéngmíngjiù ya 。
Can you not with the deadpan nonsense? Say something useful. Asking questions of myself is also me trying my best to improve myself. Although I'm clear in the knowledge that in this lifetime I've got no hope of standing out, inside I still have hunger for success and fame.
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洋洋，你是个上进的女孩子，你知道这个机会很难得，怎么舍得放弃呢？
Yángyang ，nǐ shì ge shàngjìn de nǚháizi ，nǐ zhīdào zhè ge jīhuì hěn nándé ，zěnme shěde fàngqì ne ？
Yangyang, you’re an ambitious girl. You know this opportunity is really hard to come by. How can you be so willing to give up?
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我很上进，愿意以后努力工作。
wǒ hěn shàngjìn ，yuànyì yǐhòu nǔlì gōngzuò 。
I’m ambitious and I'm willing to work hard in the future.
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我觉得现在我考虑的是结婚对象，所以除了性格合得来，还要有上进心、责任心、幽默感、能够体贴人，当然一定的经济条件也是必要的。毕竟爱情不是面包，生活是很实际的。还有外形也要说得过去。
wǒ juéde xiànzài wǒ kǎolǜ de shì jiéhūn duìxiàng ，suǒyǐ chúle xìnggé hé de lái ，háiyào yǒu shàngjìnxīn 、zérènxīn 、yōumògǎn 、nénggòu tǐtiē rén ，dāngrán yīdìng de jīngjì tiáojiàn yě shì bìxū de 。bìjìng àiqíng bù shì miànbāo ，shēnghuó shì hěn shíjì de 。hái yǒu wàixíng yě yào shuō de guòqù 。
Right now I'm thinking about finding someone to marry. So in addition to getting along personality-wise, he also needs to be ambitious, responsible, with a sense of humor, and he has to know how to treat a person right. Of course, he also needs to have certain economic conditions. After all, love isn't bread! Life is very real. And he has to be decent-looking.
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