Results for “上”

to try hard to catch up

lit. a pearl in the palm (idiom) / fig. beloved person (esp. daughter)

to set foot on / to step on or into

to catch up with / to keep pace with

upper left

(idiom) see 後來者居上|后来者居上[hòu lái zhě jū shàng]

extremely difficult / even more difficult

(courteous) home / residence (not one's own)

to offend one's superiors

previous one

to take sth as a lesson for next time (idiom) / once bitten, twice shy

(coll.) to go pee / to go to the bathroom

preceding page

the best policy / the best thing one can do in the circumstances

to raise and lower one's hand (idiom) / to signal as conspiratorial hint / fig. conspiring to defraud

bunk bed

context menu (computing)

bunk bed

too disreputable, crude or inferior to be presented publicly or taken seriously

see 上不了檯面|上不了台面[shàng bù liǎo tái miàn]

to be getting on in years / to be of the older generation

previous generation

superordinate concept

(semantics) hypernym

to make offerings (to gods or ancestors) / to offer gifts to superiors in order to win their favor

first (of two parts) / last (week etc) / previous / the above

last week

to upload

lit. to climb mountains of swords and enter cauldrons of boiling oil (idiom) / fig. to go through trials and tribulations

lit. to climb mountains of swords and enter seas of flames (idiom) / fig. to go through trials and tribulations (often, for a noble cause)

(coll.) (gaming) to progress to the next level / to level up

severe punishment / worst punishment / to torture

upside / potential to rise

an upturn / an upward trend

first half

first half of the night (from nightfall to midnight)

morning

first half of the year

first half of a game or contest

forenoon / morning / a.m.