上下 shàng xià — up and down; from top to bottom

上下
shàng xià

Characters: 上 · 下

Definitions

  1. up and down; from top to bottom
  2. about; or so; around (approximate number)
  3. superiors and subordinates; high and low

More definitions

CC-CEDICT

  1. the top and bottom of sth
  2. the full vertical extent of sth
  3. from top to bottom
  4. to go up and down
  5. before and after (as in 上下文[shang4 xia4 wen2] "context")
  6. (used after a quantity) approximately
  7. ... or so
  8. (in a social hierarchy) the high and the low
  9. seniors and juniors (as in 上下和睦[shang4 xia4 he2 mu4] "harmony between superiors and subordinates")
  10. all members of a group (as in 舉國上下|举国上下[ju3 guo2 shang4 xia4] "the entire nation")
  11. relative superiority (as in 不相上下[bu4 xiang1 shang4 xia4] "evenly matched")

zdic(汉典)

  1. 高处和低处;上面和下面;职位上较高的和较低的人
  2. 辈分上较高的和较低的人
  3. 从上面到下面
  4. 指程度上高低、优劣
  5. 用在数量词后,表示概数;左右
  6. 称衙门中的差役

ExtDict

  1. 职位、辈分较高的人和较低的人君臣上下｜上下交而其志同也｜和上下尊卑等列
  2. 高处与低处
  3. 上面与下面。有时具体指天、地，山、泽上下未形，何由考之｜畴若予上下草木鸟兽? 3.犹言增减从其爵而上下之
  4. 表示程度的高低，事物的优劣不相上下
  5. 犹言古今篇章博举，通于上下
  6. 犹言前后上下文｜上下要相联，首尾要相应
  7. 犹言左右，表示约数一斤上下｜五十岁上下。

Examples

  • 他把房子上下都打扫了一遍。

    He cleaned the whole house, from top to bottom.

  • 这位老人今年六十岁上下。

    The old man is around sixty this year.

  • 公司上下同心，终于渡过了难关。

    Everyone in the company, from top to bottom, worked together to tide over the crisis.