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1 lit. there is heaven above, and there is 蘇杭|苏杭[Sū Háng] below (idiom)
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 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 lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)
2 fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children
3 sandwich generation

Sample Sentences

你别攻击人，我男友就是不喜欢下巴方，再说了，我下巴方跟严肃有什么关系？

nǐ bié gōngjī rén ，wǒ nányǒu jiùshì bù xǐhuan xiàba fāng ，zàishuō le ，wǒ xiàba fāng gēn yánsù yǒu shénme guānxi ？

Don't attack me, my boyfriend doesn't like square chins, and another thing, what has a square chin got to do with being serious?

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你看你！你就是做人太严肃了，下巴才会这么方！

nǐ kàn nǐ ！nǐ jiù shì zuòrén tài yánsù le ，xiàba cái huì zhème fāng ！

Look at you! You really take life too seriously, that must be why your chin is so square!

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这可是有根有据的，你想，严肃的人下巴是不是经常用力，这里的肌肉出力久了，不是就自然而然变方了吗？

zhè kěshì yǒu gēn yǒu jù de ，nǐ xiǎng ，yánsù de rén xiàba shìbushì jīngcháng yònglì ，zhèlǐ de jīròu chū lì jiǔ le ，bùshì jiù zìránérrán biàn fāng le ma ？

I've got a basis for that. Think about it. Don't serious people exert their chins quite a lot? So when the muscles are exerted for long enough, they will naturally become square, no?

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长时间用手机，你会变成“低头族”，因为常常低着头，你的双下巴会越来越明显。

cháng shíjiān yòng shǒujī ，nǐ huì biànchéng “dītóuzú ”，yīnwèi chángcháng dī zhe tóu ，nǐ de shuāngxiàba huì yuèláiyuè míngxiǎn 。

When you use your cell phone for a long time, you'll become one of those people who walk along the street with their eyes lowered, fixed on their phones. As you often lower your head, your double chin will become more and more noticeable.

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你看看，床的上方绝对不能用这种灯饰！最近是不是老是觉得老板看你不顺眼，男友对你的下巴挑剔，工作又不顺遂？

nǐ kàn kan ，chuáng de shàngfāng juéduì bù néng yòng zhèzhǒng dēngshì ！zuìjìn shìbushì lǎoshi juéde lǎobǎn kàn nǐ bù shùnyǎn ，nányǒu duì nǐ de xiàba tiāoti ，gōngzuò yòu bù shùnsuì ？

Look, you absolutely can't have this kind of light fixture above your bed! Have you been feeling recently that your boss has been displeased with you? And that your boyfriend is criticizing your chin and that your job is not going to plan?

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下巴轻轻往上，不要用力往后仰，颈椎会受伤。

xiàba qīngqīng wǎngshàng ，bú yào yònglì wǎnghòu yǎng ，jǐngzhuī huì shòushāng 。

Try to push your chin up gently, but don't try to lean back too far, to prevent hurting your vertebrae.

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请大家盘起双腿，双手放在两膝上，收起下巴，闭上眼睛。

qǐng dàjiā pán qǐ shuāngtuǐ ，shuāngshǒu fàng zài liǎng xī shàng ，shōu qǐ xiàba ，bì shàng yǎnjing 。

Everyone, please sit in the lotus position and place your hands on your knees. Pull your chins in and close your eyes.

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然而，就在我们交往的第三个月，高捷在校门口遇上了车祸。手术过后，当医生慢慢地揭开她头上的纱布时，我惊呆了。高捷的脸上布满了疤痕，而且还没有下巴。我无法适应从美梦到噩梦的突然转变，夺门而出。她的容貌使我不敢再靠近，然而之前的海誓山盟却在我脑中久久回荡。矛盾的心情开始了对我的折磨。

ránér ，jiù zài wǒmen jiāowǎng de dì sān ge yuè ，Gāo Jié zài xiàomén kǒu yùshàng le chēhuò 。shǒushù guòhòu ，dāng yīshēng mànmàn de jiēkāi tā tóu shàng de shābù shí ，wǒ jīngdāi le 。Gāo Jié de liǎn shàng bùmǎn le bāhén ，érqiě hái méiyǒu xiàba 。wǒ wúfǎ shìyìng cóng měimèng dào èmèng de tūrán zhuǎnbiàn ，duóménérchū 。tā de róngmào shǐ wǒ bùgǎn zài kàojìn ，ránér zhīqián de hǎishìshānméng què zài wǒ nǎo zhōng jiǔjiǔ huídàng 。máodùn de xīnqíng kāishǐ le duì wǒ de zhémó 。

However, during the third month of us knowing each other, GaoJie was involved in a traffic accident at the school gate. After she had surgery, and when the doctor revealed her head from under the gauze, I was stunned. Gaojie's face was covered entirely in scare tissue and she no longer had a chin. I couldn't reconcile this sudden transformation of my sweet dreams of her, to this nightmare. I pushed open the door and ran out. Her appearance made it impossible for me to be near her. Even so, the sound of my pledge of my undying love to her continued to reverberate in my head. A mood of uncertainty began to torment me.

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