高大上
gāo dà shàng
Pinyin

Definition

高大上
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gāo dà shàng
  1. (slang) high-end, elegant, and classy
  2. abbr. for 高端大氣上檔次|高端大气上档次

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

上
shǎng
上海
Shàng hǎi
  1. 1 Shanghai municipality, central east China, abbr. to 滬|沪[Hù]
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
大
dà
  1. 1 big
  2. 2 huge
  3. 3 large
  4. 4 major
  5. 5 great
  6. 6 wide
  7. 7 deep
  8. 8 older (than)
  9. 9 oldest
  10. 10 eldest
  11. 11 greatly
  12. 12 very much
  13. 13 (dialect) father
  14. 14 father's elder or younger brother
大吉
dà jí
  1. 1 very auspicious
  2. 2 extremely lucky

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
一见高低
yī jiàn gāo dī
  1. 1 lit. to fight it out with sb to see who is best (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to cross swords with
  3. 3 to lock horns
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

Sample Sentences

这个吧，看起来就高大上，配你正好。你前不久不才买了两个嘛？怎么现在又买啊？
zhè ge ba ，kàn qilai jiù gāodàshàng ，pèi nǐ zhèng hǎo 。nǐ qiánbùjiǔ bùcái mǎi le liǎng ge ma ？zěnme xiànzài yòu mǎi a ？
This suits you as it looks classy and high end. Didn’t you buy two recently? Why are you buying another one again?
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好高大上啊。
hǎo gāodàshàng ā 。
It's really first-rate.
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哈哈，高大上您也知道啊。姥姥你可真是潮人啊。没事，咱不差钱，吃得起。
hāhā ，gāodàshàng nín yě zhīdào ā 。lǎolao nǐ kě zhēn shì cháorén ā 。méishì ，zá bùchàqián ，chī de qǐ 。
Haha. You know the saying "high end,luxury and classy" too. Grandma, you are so hip. It's no problem. We are not short of money. We can afford to eat there.
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那贵不贵啊？这么高大上的地方，我不想你浪费钱。
nà guì bùguì ā ？zhème gāodàshàng de dìfang ，wǒ bù xiǎng nǐ làngfèi qián 。
Then is it expensive? It's such a "high end,luxury and classy" place. I don't want you to waste your money.
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他昨天请我们去了一个非常高大上的饭店。
tā zuótiān qǐng wǒmen qù le yī gè fēicháng gāodàshàng de fàndiàn 。
Yesterday he treated us to a meal at a very high-end, impressive, top grade restaurant.
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高大上
gāodàshàng
high-end, impressive, top grade
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