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上下

Traditional form:

上下

Pinyin (reading):

shàngxià

Definitions:

  • the top and bottom of sth
  • the full vertical extent of sth; from top to bottom
  • to go up and down
  • before and after (as in 上下文 (shàngxiàwén) "context")
  • (used after a quantity) approximately; ... or so
  • (in a social hierarchy) the high and the low; seniors and juniors (as in 上下和睦 (shàngxià-hémù) "harmony between superiors and subordinates")
  • all members of a group (as in 舉國上下／举国上下 (jǔguó-shàngxià) "the entire nation")
  • relative superiority (as in 不相上下 (bùxiāng-shàngxià) "evenly matched")

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