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HSK 1
upstairs / (Internet slang) previous poster in a forum thread
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
evening / night / CL: 個|个 / in the evening
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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
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
along the way / the whole way / (fig.) the whole time
HSK 6
outwardly; superficially; on the face of it
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 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
to run into / to come upon / to meet
HSK 7-9
not able to keep up with
HSK 7-9
The Sun Shines over the Sanggan River, proletarian novel by Ding Ling, winner of 1951 Stalin prize
(idiom) from bottom to top; from the grass roots up; bottom-up
to close / to shut up
online
to get into a dispute with
to pay for sb
Chihshang or Chihshang township in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县, southeast Taiwan
to sail against the current / (fig.) to go against the flow
not to deserve to be mentioned; not to qualify; below par
to serve (food, tea etc)
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
worthwhile (often in rhetorical questions, implying not worthwhile)
(idiom) situated high; aloft / (idiom) (fig.) aloof and remote; situated above the masses and out of touch with reality
to climb over / to ascend onto / to mount
upper right
to fall in love with / to be in love with
to fit one into the other / to bring two things into contact
to go up north
above
upper left
Shuishang Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县, west Taiwan
on water / aquatic
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *上* | 上* | *上
as above; ditto; idem
supreme / paramount / above all else
to offer (respectfully); to present
on top of / at the summit
to pass a university entrance exam
land-based / on land
to skyrocket / to get quick promotion in one's career
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
lit. wool comes from the sheep's back (idiom); One gets the benefit, but the price has been paid. / Nothing comes for free.
to say / to speak / to talk
to swarm around / flocking (to see)
to close (box, book, mouth etc)
clamor raises the dust (idiom); a tremendous clamor / to raise a tremendous stink
overhead / above
Inoue (Japanese surname, pr. "ee-no-oo-ay")
to be valued above all else
maritime
to take along with one
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

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