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上下 shàng xià ㄕㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ soeng6 haa6 HSK 5 高階級 · Level 4 流利級 · Level 5 + Practice sheet

• 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 shàng xià wén ㄕㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄨㄣˊ "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 shàng xià hé mù ㄕㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄏㄜˊ ㄇㄨˋ "harmony between superiors and subordinates")
• all members of a group (as in 举国上下 (舉國上下) jǔ guó shàng xià ㄐㄩˇ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄕㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ "the entire nation")
• relative superiority (as in 不相上下 bù xiāng shàng xià ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄕㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ "evenly matched")