马上 (馬上)
mǎ shàng
Pinyin

Definition

马上 (馬上)
 - 
mǎ shàng
  1. at once
  2. right away
  3. immediately
  4. on horseback (i.e. by military force)

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

马上要考试了，你还不复习呀？
mǎshàng yào kǎoshì le ，nǐ hái bù fùxí ya ？
Exams are approaching, you’re still not reviewing?
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我们马上就要打烊了，所以可能没有时间招待您内用了。
wǒmen mǎshàng jiùyào dǎyàng le ，suǒyǐ kěnéng méiyǒu shíjiān zhāodài nín nèiyòng le 。
We’re about to close for the day so we may not have time to serve you in the store.
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算了，我也不是斤斤计较的人，话说马上下班了，要不要一起去喝一杯？
suànle ，wǒ yě búshi jīnjīnjìjiào de rén ，huàshuō mǎshàng xiàbān le ，yào bùyào yīqǐ qù hē yī bēi ？
Forget it, I’m not one who fusses over small things. I’m about to get off work, would you like to go for a drink?
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啊，我看到你了。马上过去。
ā ，wǒ kàn dào nǐ le 。mǎshàng guò qù 。
Ah! I saw you. I’ll be right there.
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正是如此，电影节马上要上映4k修复版的《三毛流浪记》了，不如你也来感受一下？
zhèngshì rúcǐ ，diànyǐngjié mǎshàng yào shàngyìng xiūfù bǎn de 《Sānmáoliúlàngjì 》le ，bùrú nǐ yě lái gǎnshòu yīxià ？
That's right, the film festival is about to release a 4k repaired version of "San Mao Rang Ji", why don't you come and experience it?
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我出去一下，马上回来。
wǒ chūqù yīxià ，mǎshàng huílai 。
I am leaving for a while. I’ll be right back.
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好，我入关后马上打给您。
hǎo ，wǒ rùguān hòu mǎshàng dǎ gěi nín 。
Ok, I will call you right after I arrive.
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哈哈，吃完这一大盘炒饭，马上就变胖了。
hāhā ，chī wán zhè yī dà pán chǎofàn ，mǎshàng jiù biàn pàng le 。
Haha. After eating this big plate of stir-fried rice, I am going to gain weight immediately.
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好的，马上来。
hǎo de ，mǎshàng lái 。
Okay! It’s on the way.
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我马上上山。
wǒ mǎshàng shàngshān 。
I am gonna get on the mountain right away.
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