上下

shàng xià

Part of speech
noun
Level
HSK 5
  1. 1the top and bottom of sth
  2. 2the full vertical extent of sth; from top to bottom
  3. 3to go up and down
  4. 4before and after (as in 上下文[shang4 xia4 wen2] "context")
  5. 5(used after a quantity) approximately; ... or so
  6. 6(in a social hierarchy) the high and the low; seniors and juniors (as in 上下和睦[shang4 xia4 he2 mu4] "harmony between superiors and subordinates")
  7. 7all members of a group (as in 舉國上下|举国上下[ju3 guo2 shang4 xia4] "the entire nation")
  8. 8relative superiority (as in 不相上下[bu4 xiang1 shang4 xia4] "evenly matched")

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