上下
English 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[shang4xia4wen2] "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[shang4xia4-he2mu4] "harmony between superiors and subordinates")
- all members of a group (as in 舉國上下|举国上下[ju3guo2-shang4xia4] "the entire nation")
- relative superiority (as in 不相上下[bu4xiang1-shang4xia4] "evenly matched")
