上下

On the HSK 5 vocabulary list, at CEFR level B2.

shàngxià ㄕㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ

- 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 shàngxiàwén "context")
- approximately ... or so
  used after a quantity
- the high and the low seniors and juniors (as in 上下和睦 shàngxiàhémù "harmony between superiors and subordinates")
  in a social hierarchy
- all members of a group (as in 举国上下 jǔguóshàngxià "the entire nation")
- relative superiority (as in 不相上下 bùxiāngshàngxià "evenly matched")

上下文 shàngxiàwén context
上下班 shàngxiàbān start and finish work
上下其手 shàngxiàqíshǒu signal as conspiratorial hint
上下床 shàngxiàchuáng bunk bed
上下五千年 shàngxiàwǔqiānnián Tales from 5000 Years of Chinese History in three volumes by Cao Yuzhang 曹余章 cáoyúzhāng

上下文 shàngxiàwén context
上下班 shàngxiàbān start and finish work
上下其手 shàngxiàqíshǒu signal as conspiratorial hint
上下床 shàngxiàchuáng bunk bed
上下五千年 shàngxiàwǔqiānnián Tales from 5000 Years of Chinese History in three volumes by Cao Yuzhang 曹余章 cáoyúzhāng

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