Results for “上”

sweep the snow from your own door step, don't worry about the frost on your neighbor's roof (idiom)

to close (box, book, mouth etc)

as above / ditto / idem

nominally

a youth without facial hair cannot be relied upon (proverb)

see 嘴上沒毛，辦事不牢|嘴上没毛，办事不牢[zuǐ shàng méi máo , bàn shì bù láo]

in the newspaper

(coll.) to catch an adulterous couple in the act

to pay for sb

to be good enough to be regarded as / to meet the standard expected of

very late at night

lit. knives rain down from the sky (idiom) / fig. (even if) the sky crumbles

there is no such thing as a free lunch (idiom)

a meat pie falls from the sky (idiom) / to have something fall into your lap

title of respect for taoists

Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water) / to put one's head in the noose

to offer

woman-on-top sex position

study hard and every day you will improve (idiom)

virtually / essentially

to fit one into the other / to bring two things into contact

to disagree / I can't agree with that.

supraspinatus muscle

to wish for higher status (idiom) / to curry favor in the hope of promotion

on the market

to take along with one

to close the door (when going through it)

(slang) the older person in a romantic relationship / an older partner

sex scene (in a movie etc)

guest of honor

distinguished guest / honored guest

chin-up (physical exercise)

lit. to invite the devil to one's house (idiom) / fig. to introduce a potential source of trouble

metaphysics

metaphysics

to bring shame to / to smear / to disgrace

the latecomers surpass their predecessors

spiritual

to fluctuate sharply

to come down with / to be afflicted with (an illness)