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上下

shàng xià

2-character word

What 上下 means

1. the top and bottom of sth
2. the full vertical extent of sth; from top to bottom
3. to go up and down
4. before and after (as in {上下文|shàng xià wén} "context")
5. (used after a quantity) approximately; ... or so
6. (in a social hierarchy) the high and the low; seniors and juniors (as in {上下和睦|shàng xià hé mù} "harmony between superiors and subordinates")
7. all members of a group (as in {举国上下|jǔ guó shàng xià} "the entire nation")
8. relative superiority (as in {不相上下|bù xiāng shàng xià} "evenly matched")

The characters in 上下

• 上shàng(bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb…
• 下xiàdown; downwards; below

Words starting with 上下

• 上下班shàng xià bānto start and finish work
• 上下文shàng xià wén(textual) context
• 上下铺shàng xià pùbunk bed
• 上下其手shàng xià qí shǒuto raise and lower one's hand (idiom); to signal as conspiratorial hint…
• 上下床shàng xià chuángbunk bed
• 上下文菜单shàng xià wén cài dāncontext menu (computing)
• 上下五千年Shàng xià Wǔ Qiān niánTales from 5000 Years of Chinese History in three volumes by Cao Yuzhang 曹余章

Words containing 上下

• 不相上下bù xiāng shàng xiàequally matched; about the same
• 浑身上下hún shēn shàng xiàall over; from head to toe
• 不分上下bù fēn shàng xiànot to know one's place
• 举国上下jǔ guó shàng xiàthe entire nation; the whole country, from the leadership to the rank and file
• 天上下刀子tiān shàng xià dāo zilit. knives rain down from the sky (idiom); fig. (even if) the sky crumbles