1 see also: 上声 shǎng shēng

1 (located) at

2 (to be) in

3 to exist

4 in the middle of doing sth

5 (indicating an action in progress)

1 now

2 at present

3 at the moment

4 modern

5 current

6 nowadays

1 up and down

2 top and bottom

3 old and new

4 length

5 about

1 to come up

2 to approach

3 (verb complement indicating success)

1 to make a terrible scene (idiom)

2 to throw a tantrum

1 the whole year must be planned for in the spring (idiom)

2 early planning is the key to success

1 make your day's plan early in the morning (idiom)

2 early morning is the golden time of the day

1 lit. grasshoppers tied together with a piece of string (idiom)

2 fig. people who are in it together for better or worse

3 people who will sink or swim together

1 three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)

2 spare the rod, spoil the child