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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

不知道。我根本不认识他。刚才大家都在这里排队，突然听到砰一声。就看见他倒下了。也不知道是什么原因。

bù zhīdào 。 wǒ gēnběn bù rènshi tā 。gāngcái dàjiā dōu zài zhèlǐ páiduì ，tūrán tīngdào pēng yī shēng 。jiù kànjiàn tā dǎoxià le 。yě bù zhīdào shì shénme yuányīn 。

I don’t know. I don’t know him at all. Just now we were standing in line and there was a ‘bang’. He was on the floor when I looked. I don’t know what caused it.

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可是你这样的话，很快就会累垮的。如果连你都倒下的话，谁还会去找健明啊？

kěshì nǐ zhèyàng dehuà ，hěn kuài jiù huì lèikuǎ de 。rúguǒ lián nǐ dōu dǎoxià dehuà ，shéi hái huì qù zhǎo Jiànmíng a ？

But if you go about it like this, you're going to collapse before long. If even you're no longer standing, who's going to find Jianming?

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