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  *上* | 上* | *上
(bound form) up; upper; above; previous / first (of multiple parts) / to climb; to get onto; to go up / to attend (class or university) / (directional complement) up / (noun suffix) on; above
HSK 1
evening / night / CL: 個|个 / in the evening
HSK 1
online
HSK 1
at once / right away / immediately / on horseback (i.e. by military force)
HSK 1
on the body / at hand / among
HSK 1
on the road / on the way; en route
HSK 1
upstairs / (Internet slang) previous poster in a forum thread
HSK 1
early morning / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
on the ground / on the floor
HSK 1
to close (a door) / to turn off (light, electrical equipment etc)
HSK 1
that level or higher; that amount or more / the above-mentioned / (used to indicate that one has completed one's remarks) That is all.
HSK 2
the sky; the heavens
HSK 2
in fact / in reality / actually / as a matter of fact / de facto / ipso facto
HSK 3
in fact / in reality / as a matter of fact / in practice
HSK 3
basically / on the whole
HSK 3
on stage
HSK 4
to put on (clothes etc)
HSK 4
plus / to put in / to add / to add on / to add into / in addition / on top of that
HSK 5
ashore / on the riverbank
HSK 5
upward / up / to advance / to try to improve oneself / to make progress
HSK 5
to keep up with / to catch up with / to overtake / to chance upon / in time for
HSK 6
can't keep up with / can't catch up with / cannot overtake
HSK 6
outwardly; superficially; on the face of it
HSK 6
along the way / the whole way / (fig.) the whole time
HSK 6
to be out of the question
HSK 7-9
unable to get anything to eat / to miss a meal
HSK 7-9
the emperor / Your majesty the emperor / His imperial majesty
HSK 7-9
to be unable to say or tell / to not be worth mentioning
HSK 7-9
can't compare with
HSK 7-9
cannot attend to or manage
HSK 7-9
to set foot on / to step on or into
HSK 7-9
to run into / to come upon / to meet
HSK 7-9
to come across (sb) / to run into
HSK 7-9
to catch up with / to keep pace with
HSK 7-9
overall / in general terms
HSK 7-9
not able to keep up with
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  *上* | 上* | *上
online
upper right
Chihshang or Chihshang township in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县, southeast Taiwan
to climb up
(idiom) situated high; aloft / (idiom) (fig.) aloof and remote; situated above the masses and out of touch with reality
bottom-up
to climb over / to ascend onto / to mount
to fall in love with / to be in love with
to go up north
above
upper left
Shuishang Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县, west Taiwan
on water / aquatic
as above; ditto; idem
supreme / paramount / above all else
Wenshang County in Jining 濟寧|济宁, Shandong / classically, upper reaches of Wen River in Shandong, used to refer to Qi 齊國|齐国
Yingshang, a county in Fuyang 阜陽|阜阳, Anhui
to offer (respectfully); to present
on top of / at the summit
to pass a university entrance exam
land-based / on land
Huaishang, a district of Bengbu City 蚌埠市, Anhui
to skyrocket / to get quick promotion in one's career
to sail against the current / (fig.) to go against the flow
on the street / in town
to look upon / to take a fancy to / to fall for
chin-up (physical exercise)
title of respect for taoists
courtier's or minister's form of address for the current Emperor
supreme / paramount / unsurpassed
(courteous) home; residence (not one's own)
to offend one's superiors
to lock / to lock up
alternative name for Shanghai 上海 / at (or in) Shanghai
to put on (hat etc)
early evening when lanterns are first lit
to mount (a horse, bike, flight of stairs, rickshaw etc)
Murakami (Japanese surname)
to appear vividly on paper (idiom); to show forth vividly (in writing, painting etc) / to stand out markedly
rising straight up in a clear sky (idiom); rapid promotion to a high post / meteoric career
to swarm around / flocking (to see)
clamor raises the dust (idiom); a tremendous clamor / to raise a tremendous stink
overhead / above
Inoue (Japanese surname, pr. "ee-no-oo-ay")
worthwhile (often in rhetorical questions, implying not worthwhile)
to be valued above all else
in history
maritime
to fit one into the other / to bring two things into contact
not to deserve to be mentioned; not to qualify; below par
to take along with one
to close / to shut up
to say / to speak / to talk
in the newspaper
to plug into / to insert / to stick in
to float up / to rise to the surface / fig. to rise in the world
to overtake
to pay for sb
to catch (a disease) / to get (a bad habit)
to pay for sth with the loss of (one's health etc) / to have sth come at the cost of (one's reputation etc)
to slam (a door) / to fling up; to splash up

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