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Definition
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up
请上楼。Please go up the stairs
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on top (of)
你的咖啡不在电脑上吗？Isn't your coffee on top of the computer?
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on
水果在桌子上。The apple is on the table.
- upwards
- upon
- upper
- higher
- better
- above
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previous
我上个月买了新的手机。I bought a new cell phone last month.
- indicates the attainment of an objective
- indicates an action has started
Compounds (6)
to let (someone do something); to allow; to have (somebody do something); to permit; to make (somebody feel sad, etc.); to give way; to give ground; to yield; to give up; to concede; to invite; to offer
to block; to be stuck; to be wedged; customs station; a clip; a fastener; a checkpost; Taiwan pr. [ka3]
Related words (378)
to make offerings (to gods or ancestors); to offer gifts to superiors in order to win their favor
(of alcohol) to go to one's head; (old) (of a bride-to-be) to bind one's hair into a bun; (of a prostitute) to receive a patron for the first time
go to market; (to be) on the market; to hit the market (of a new product); (to) list; (to be) listed; to float (a company on the stock market)
to appear on the public roll of successful examinees (i.e. pass an exam); to make the list; (of a song) to hit the charts
(to be on the) Internet; (to be) online; to go online; to get on the Internet; to be uploaded to the Internet (of a document, etc) ; to move in close to the net (tennis, volleyball, etc.) ; to stretch a net (sports)
(of trains) up (i.e. towards the capital); (of river boats) to go against the current; to submit (a document) to higher authorities
to go shopping; to go to the street (literally); to take to the streets; to go on to the streets
to work in the fields (esp. young school-leavers); forced agricultural experience for city intellectuals
imperial sword (giving bearer plenipotentiary powers); imperial Chinese version of 007 licensed to kill
over (the mentioned level); above (the mentioned level); that level (or higher); more (than); that amount (or more); the above-mentioned
to keep up (with); to keep pace (with); to catch up (with); to overtake; to chance (upon); to encounter; to come across; to run into (a situation); in time (for); to be in time (for)
to be out of the question; question simply does not arise; far from being; not to mention
the entire nation; the whole country, from the leadership to the rank and file
to flow right off the tongue (of lyrics or poetry); to recite with ease; catchy (of a song)
literary journal published in 1892-93 by Han Bangqing 韓邦慶|韩邦庆 featuring serialized novels in classical Chinese and Jiangsu vernacular
(lit.) a person before the legendary emperor Fuxi 伏羲; person from ages immemorial; (fig.) untroubled person
appellee (side that won in trial court, whose victory is being appealed by losing side)
driven to join the Liangshan Mountain rebels; to drive to revolt; to force sb to desperate action
the new boss cracks the whip three times; a new broom sweeps clean; (fig.) vigorous new policies
(lit.) there is a knife above the character for lust; (fig.) lascivious activities can lead to bitter consequences
to fall short of the best but be better than the worst; can pass muster
Proverbs (1)
(proverb) A lazy person will find many excuses to delay working; (lit.) When a lazy donkey is turning a grindstone, it takes a lot of time off for peeing and pooing
Idioms (44)
to raise and lower one's hand (idiom); to signal as conspiratorial hint; (fig.) conspiring to defraud
(lit.) to go up to heaven or down to Hades (idiom); (fig.) to go to great lengths; to search heaven and earth
better kept under the table (idiom); not to be disclosed; too inferior to show in public
(lit.) above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom); (fig.) to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children; sandwich generation
(lit.) If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked (idiom); fig. subordinates imitate their superiors' vices
to aim high; ambitious; aiming for the best result; to strive for mastery (idiom); to have high ambitions
(lit.) late-comer lives above (idiom); the up-and-coming youngster outstrips the older generation; the pupil surpasses the master
to lead the devil to the door (idiom); to invite the attention of criminals; to leave oneself open to attack
(lit.) by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers; innumerable; thousands upon thousands
to follow the past and herald the future (idiom); part of a historical transition; forming a bridge between earlier and later stages
to deck the tree with false blossoms; to make something of no value appear valuable (idiom)
to add oil to the fire (idiom); fig. to aggravate a situation; to enrage people and make matters worse
to pour oil on the fire (idiom); fig. to aggravate a situation; to enrage people and make matters worse
clamor raises the dust (idiom); a tremendous clamor; to raise a tremendous stink
(lit.) military tactics on paper (idiom); (fig.) theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice; armchair strategist; idle theorizing; cf Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括 leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战 in 260 BC
(lit.) to go into battle bare-breasted (idiom); (fig.) to go all out; to come out in the open
to ride to take up an official appointment (idiom); to take on a job with alacrity; to undertake a task
to appear vividly on paper (idiom); to show forth vividly (in writing, painting etc); to stand out markedly
(lit.) on brocade, add flowers (idiom); to decorate sth already perfect; gilding the lily
to add hail to snow (idiom); one disaster on top of another; to make things worse in a bad situation
rising straight up in a clear sky (idiom); rapid promotion to a high post; meteoric career
(lit.) knives rain down from the sky (idiom); (fig.) (even if) the sky crumbles
(lit.) to drive a duck onto a perch (idiom); (fig.) to push sb to do sth way beyond their ability
(lit.) wool comes from the sheep's back (idiom); One gets the benefit, but the price has been paid.; Nothing comes for free.
(lit.) like locusts tied to one rope (idiom); (fig.) in the same boat; in it together for better or worse; to sink or swim together
(lit.) wool comes from the sheep's back (idiom); One gets the benefit, but the price has been paid.; Nothing comes for free.
don't insist on only taking one road to Rome (idiom); there's more than one way to skin a cat
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