向上
xiàng shàng
Pinyin

Definition

向上
 - 
xiàng shàng
  1. upward
  2. up
  3. to advance
  4. to try to improve oneself
  5. to make progress

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
向
Xiàng
  1. 1 surname Xiang
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

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

嗨，所谓向上管理，核心就是用更好的方式跟老板沟通而已，让工作更高效。当然了，如果公司前途暗淡，老板简直是人渣，你实力也不容小觑，还是可以考虑另谋高就的。
hāi ，suǒwèi xiàngshàng guǎnlǐ ，héxīn jiùshì yòng gèng hǎo de fāngshì gēn lǎobǎn gōutōng éryǐ ，ràng gōngzuò gèng gāoxiào 。dāngrán le ，rúguǒ gōngsī qiántú àndàn ，lǎobǎn jiǎnzhí shì rénzhā ，nǐ shílì yě bùróng xiǎoqù ，háishì kěyǐ kǎolǜ lìng móu gāojiù de 。
Come on, this idea of "upward management" at it's core, is just using better ways to communicate with your boss and therefore making your work more efficient. However, if the company has no future, the boss is a total A-hole and your talents are being overlooked and you should still consider finding a better position elsewhere.
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你呀，哪来那么多愁善感。人生在世哪有一帆风顺没有挫折的，就像心电图啊，高低起伏才说明有活力。老人不是常说，“得之我幸，失之我命”，看开点儿，得失心别那么重，保持向上的姿态，那些烦心事就不足挂齿了。
nǐ ya ，nǎ lái nàme duōchóushàngǎn 。rénshēng zàishì nǎyǒu yīfánfēngshùn méiyǒu cuòzhé de ，jiù xiàng xīndiàntú ā ，gāodī qǐfú cái shuōmíng yǒu huólì 。lǎorén bùshì cháng shuō ，“dé zhī wǒ xìng ，shī zhī wǒ mìng ”，kàn kāi diǎnr ，déshī xīn bié nàme zhòng ，bǎochí xiàngshàng de zītài ，nàxiē fánxīnshì jiù bùzúguàchǐ le 。
Why so depressed? There's no such thing as a life that's all smooth sailing without any frustrations. It's like an ECG, it's only when there are ups and downs that you know you're alive. Don't old people always say, "to gain is luck, to lose is fate". Try to cheer up a bit, don't take gains and losses to heart. If you keep striving forward, your troubles aren't worth dwelling on.
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好好学习，天天向上
hǎohāoxuéxí ，tiāntiānxiàngshàng
Study hard, make progress every day.
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尽量地向上自然挺拔脊柱，可以让我们的呼吸更加平稳、顺畅。
jǐnliàngde xiàngshàng zìrán tǐngbá jǐzhù ，kěyǐ ràng wǒmen de hūxī gèngjiā píngwěn 、shùnchàng 。
Try your best to naturally straighten your spine. It allows us to breath more steadily and fluently.
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轻轻地闭上双眼，随着这美妙的旋律，逐渐放慢我们呼吸的节奏，放松我们的面部表情，舒展眉心，嘴角微微上翘，放松双肩、放松双臂，让脊柱向上无限延伸。
qīngqīngde bìshàng shuāngyǎn ，suízhe zhè měimiào de xuánlǜ ，zhújiàn fàngmàn wǒmen hūxī de jiézòu ，fàngsōng wǒmen de miànbù biǎoqíng ，shūzhǎn méixīn ，zuǐjiǎo wēiwēi shàng qiào ，fàngsōng shuāng jiān 、fàngsōng shuāng bì ，ràng jǐzhù xiàngshàng wúxiàn yánshēn 。
Gently close your eyes. Slow your breathing to the gentle pace of the music. Relax your facial expressions and release the tension between your brows. Smile gently, relax your shoulder and your arms. Extend your spine to the sky.
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说一些特别的。比如说小孩子生日，你可以祝他好好学习，天天向上！
shuō yīxiē tèbié de 。bǐrú shuō xiǎo háizi shēngrì ，nǐ kěyǐ zhù tā hǎohāoxuéxí ，tiāntiānxiàngshàng ！
Let's talk about some special cases. For example, you are talking about a child's birthday, you can wish that he studies hard and gets better every day.
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好好学习，天天向上！
hǎohāoxuéxí ，tiāntiānxiàngshàng ！
Study hard and get better every day.
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我妈妈小时候经常对我说："你要好好学习，天天向上。"
wǒ māma xiǎo shíhou jīngcháng duì wǒ shuō ："nǐ yào hǎohāoxuéxí ，tiāntiānxiàngshàng 。"
When I was little, my mother often said to me, "You need to study hard, and improve every day."
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