上下
shàngxià
up and down; approximately
Part of speech · noun
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上above
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下below
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Examples
- 电梯可以上下移动。The elevator can move up and down.
- 这件衣服一百元上下。This garment costs around a hundred yuan.
Collocations
上下移动上下楼一百元上下不相上下
Mnemonic
上 shàng "up" + 下 xià "down": up and down, top and bottom. Besides the literal sense, after a quantity it means "about, approximately" (一百元上下, around 100 yuan). 不相上下 = evenly matched. Compare 左右 (zuǒyòu, left-right; also "about" after a number).
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