上下
shàng xià
Meaning
- the top and bottom of something · the full vertical extent of something · from top to bottom
- to go up and down
- before and after (as in 上下文 shàng xià wén "context")
- approximately · ... or so
- the high and the low · seniors and juniors (as in 上下和睦 shàng xià hé mù "harmony between superiors and subordinates")
- all members of a group (as in 举国上下 jǔ guó shàng xià "the entire nation")
- relative superiority (as in 不相上下 bù xiāng shàng xià "evenly matched")
Example sentences
他上下晃了晃头。
他上下晃了晃頭。
tā shàng xià huǎng le huǎng tóu。
He shook his head up and down.
宇是东南西北上下六个方向，就是空间。
宇是東南西北上下六個方向，就是空間。
yǔ shì dōng nán xī běi shàng xià liù gè fāng xiàng， jiù shì kōng jiān。
The universe (宇) represents the six directions: east, south, west, north, up, and down; it is space.
上下一班公车。
上下一班公車。
shàng xià yī bān gōng chē。
Get on or off the next bus.