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Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.

网上广播wǎng shàng guǎng bō

online broadcast / webcast

线上xiàn shàng

online

线上查询xiàn shàng chá xún

online search

总体上说zǒng tǐ shàng shuō

looking at the big picture / all in all / all things considered

系上jì shang

to tie on / to buckle up / to fasten

羊毛出在羊身上yáng máo chū zài yáng shēn shàng

lit. wool comes from the sheep's back (idiom) / One gets the benefit, but the price has been paid. / Nothing comes for free.

羲皇上人xī huáng shàng rén

lit. a person before the legendary emperor Fuxi 伏羲[Fú Xī] / person from ages immemorial / fig. untroubled person

圣上shèng shàng

courtier's or minister's form of address for the current Emperor

闻上去wén shàng qù

to smell of sth / to smell like sth

听上去tīng shàng qu

to sound (difficult, worthwhile etc) / to seem

能上能下néng shàng néng xià

ready to take any job, high or low

肾上腺皮质shèn shàng xiàn pí zhì

adrenal cortex

肾上腺素shèn shàng xiàn sù

adrenaline

肾上腺髓质shèn shàng xiàn suǐ zhì

adrenal medulla

膝上型xī shàng xíng

laptop (computer)

膝上型电脑xī shàng xíng diàn nǎo

laptop (computer)

膝上舞xī shàng wǔ

lap dance

脸上贴金liǎn shàng tiē jīn

(lit.) to apply gold leaf to the face of a statue (idiom) / (fig.) to talk up / to extol the virtues of (oneself or sb else)

自上而下zì shàng ér xià

(idiom) from top to bottom / top-down

自下而上zì xià ér shàng

(idiom) from bottom to top / from the grass roots up / bottom-up

自底向上zì dǐ xiàng shàng

bottom-up

台上一分钟,台下十年功tái shàng yī fēn zhōng , tái xià shí nián gōng

ten years of practice for one minute on the stage (idiom)

举国上下jǔ guó shàng xià

the entire nation / the whole country, from the leadership to the rank and file

船上交货chuán shàng jiāo huò

Free On Board (FOB) (transportation)

色字头上一把刀sè zì tóu shàng yī bǎ dāo

lit. there is a knife above the character for lust / fig. lascivious activities can lead to bitter consequences

华灯初上huá dēng chū shàng

early evening when lanterns are first lit

落水狗上岸luò shuǐ gǒu shàng àn

like a dog who fell in the river and climbs out—shaking all over

盖上gài shang

to cover

蚂蚁上树mǎ yǐ shàng shù

"ants climbing a tree", a Sichuan dish made with cellophane noodles 粉絲|粉丝[fěn sī] and ground meat (so called because the particles of meat clinging to the noodles look like ants on the twigs of a tree) / (sex position) man standing, woman clinging to his upper body / (erotic massage) full-body licking

表面上biǎo miàn shang

outwardly / superficially / on the face of it

被上诉人bèi shàng sù rén

appellee (side that won in trial court, whose victory is being appealed by losing side)

误上贼船wù shàng zéi chuán

lit. to mistakenly board a pirate ship / to embark on a hopeless adventure

说上shuō shàng

to say / to speak / to talk

说不上shuō bu shàng

to be unable to say or tell / to not be worth mentioning

说得上shuō de shàng

can be counted or regarded as / to be able to tell or answer / to deserve mention

谨上jǐn shàng

respectfully yours (in closing a letter)

赔上péi shàng

to pay for sth with the loss of (one's health etc) / to have sth come at the cost of (one's reputation etc)

赌上一局dǔ shàng yī jú

to engage in a game of chance / to gamble / to make a bet

赤膊上阵chì bó shàng zhèn

lit. to go into battle bare-breasted (idiom) / fig. to go all out / to come out in the open

走为上zǒu wéi shàng

see 三十六計,走為上策|三十六计,走为上策[sān shí liù jì , zǒu wéi shàng cè]

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