上下

shàng xià · shang xia

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

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  1. up and down
  2. top and bottom
  3. old and young
  4. length
  5. about

In a sentence

2 examples
01

他(tā)上(shàng)下(xià)打(dǎ)量(liang)了(le)我(wǒ)一(yì)番(fān),然(rán)后(hòu)点(diǎn)了(le)点(diǎn)头(tóu)。

He looked me up and down, then nodded.

02

这(zhè)个(gè)箱(xiāng)子(zi)大(dà)约(yuē)有(yǒu)三(sān)十(shí)公(gōng)斤(jīn)上(shàng)下(xià)。

This box weighs about thirty kilograms or so.

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Pinyin display and entry grouping have been adapted.

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