"尚" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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Mandarin shàng
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Pinyin shang4
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火月口
Sijiao 9022.7
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CNS 11643 1-4C7E
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 shàng still / yet / to value / to esteem
Results beginning with 尚
 shàng wèi not yet / still not
 shàng wú not yet / not so far
 shàng shū high official / government minister
 shàng qiě (not) even / yet / still
 shàng kě not bad / satisfactory
 shàng wǔ to promote a martial spirit / to revere military skills / warlike
 shàng xiǎng I beg you to partake of this sacrifice (used at the end of an elegiac address)
 Shàng yì Shangyi county in Zhangjiakou 張家口|张家口[Zhang1 jia1 kou3], Hebei
 Shàng zhì Shangzhi, county-level city in Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[Ha1 er3 bin1], Heilongjiang
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 shàng shū láng ancient official title
 Shàng bǐ yà Zambia (Tw)
 shàng fāng jiàn imperial sword (giving bearer arbitrary powers) / in fiction, Chinese version of 007's license to kill
 Shàng mù jié James Sasser (1936-), US Ambassador to China 1995-1999
 Shàng shū Jīng Book of History / a compendium of documents in various styles, making up the oldest extant texts of Chinese history, from legendary times down to the times of Confucius
 Shàng yì xiàn Shangyi county in Zhangjiakou 張家口|张家口[Zhang1 jia1 kou3], Hebei
 Shàng zhì shì Shangzhi, county-level city in Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[Ha1 er3 bin1], Heilongjiang
 shàng fāng bǎo jiàn variant of 尚方劍|尚方剑[shang4 fang1 jian4] / imperial sword (giving bearer arbitrary powers) / in fiction, Chinese version of 007's license to kill
  ad referendum
  sub spe rati
 shàng wèi jiě jué unsolved / as yet unsettled
  batibatra
·  Fondation Chantal BIYA
Approximate Results for 尚
 shí shàng fashion / fad / fashionable
 hé shang Buddhist monk
 gāo shàng noble / lofty / refined / exquisite
 chóng shàng to hold up (as an model) / to hold in esteem / to revere / to advocate
 fēng shàng current custom / current way of doing things
 zūn shàng to value highly / to hold up sth as a model
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 xīn shí shàng new fashion
 Shā hé shang Sha Wujing
 Yáng Shàng kūn Yang Shangkun (1907-1998), former president of PRC and military leader
 Dù shàng bié Dushanbe, capital of Tajikistan
 Kǒng Shàng rèn Kong Shangren (1648-1718), Qing dramatist and poet, author of The Peach Blossom Fan 桃花扇[Tao2 hua1 Shan4]
 Qìng shàng dào Gyeongsang Province of Joseon Korea, now divided into North Gyeongsang Province 慶尚北道|庆尚北道[Qing4 shang4 bei3 dao4] and South Gyeongsang Province 慶尚南道|庆尚南道[Qing4 shang4 nan2 dao4]
 yuán lè shàng Empress
 lǐ shàng wǎng lái lit. proper behavior is based on reciprocity (idiom) / fig. to return politeness for politeness
 hào qí shàng yì to have a taste for the exotic (idiom)
 hé shang dǎ sǎn see 和尚打傘,無法無天|和尚打伞,无法无天[he2 shang5 da3 san3 , wu2 fa3 wu2 tian1]
 hù bù shàng shū Minister of Revenue (from the Han dynasty onwards)
 Jiàn zhēn hé shang Jianzhen or Ganjin (688-763), Tang Buddhist monk, who crossed to Japan after several unsuccessful attempts, influential in Japanese Buddhism
 jìn téng shàng měi Naomi
 lǐ bù shàng shū Director of Board of Rites (Confucian)
 Qìng shàng běi dào North Gyeongsang Province, in east South Korea, capital Daegu 大邱[Da4 qiu1]
 Qìng shàng nán dào South Gyeongsang Province, in southeast South Korea, capital Changwon 昌原[Chang1 yuan2]
 Tǎn shàng ní yà Tanzania (Tw)
  Dushanbe Declaration
  Dushanbe Declaration on Water
  Dushanbe Water Appeal
 duì zhe hé shang mà zéi tū lit. in the presence of a monk, insult another monk, calling him a bald-headed bandit (idiom) / fig. to insult indirectly / to criticize obliquely
 sān gè hé shang méi shuǐ chī see 三個和尚沒水喝|三个和尚没水喝[san1 ge4 he2 shang5 mei2 shui3 he1]
 sān gè hé shang méi shuǐ hē lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom) / fig. everybody's business is nobody's business / (If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.)
 zhǐ zhe hé shang mà tū zi lit. to insult a bald man while pointing at a monk (idiom) / fig. to insult indirectly / to criticize obliquely
-巴  Gorno-Badakshan
 pǎo le hé shàng pǎo bù liǎo miào the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom) / you can run this time, but you'll have to come back / I'll get you sooner or later / also written 跑得了和尚,跑不了廟|跑得了和尚,跑不了庙[pao3 de2 liao3 he2 shang4 , pao3 bu4 liao3 miao4]
 yuǎn lái de hé shang huì niàn jīng the monk coming from afar is good at reading scriptures (idiom) / foreign talent is valued higher than local talent
 zuò yī tiān hé shang zhuàng yī tiān zhōng lit. as a monk for today, toll today's bell (idiom) / fig. to do one's job mechanically / to hold a position passively
  Dushanbe International Freshwater Forum
  Dushanbe Landmine Conference
 dāng yī tiān hé shang zhuàng yī tiān zhōng see 做一天和尚撞一天鐘|做一天和尚撞一天钟[zuo4 yi1 tian1 he2 shang5 zhuang4 yi1 tian1 zhong1]
 hé shang dǎ sǎn , wú fǎ wú tiān lit. like a monk holding an umbrella &mdash / no hair, no sky (idiom) (punning on 髮|发[fa4] vs 法[fa3]) / fig. defying the law and the principles of heaven / lawless
 pǎo le hé shàng , pǎo bù liǎo miào the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom) / you can run this time, but you'll have to come back / I'll get you sooner or later
 pǎo le hé shàng , pǎo bù liǎo sì the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom) / you can run this time, but you'll have to come back / I'll get you sooner or later
 shí dài bù tóng , fēng shàng bù tóng customs change with time (idiom) / other times, other manners / O Tempora, O Mores!
 pǎo dé liǎo hé shàng , pǎo bù liǎo miào the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom) / you can run this time, but you'll have to come back / I'll get you sooner or later
 zhàng ér hé shang , mō bu zháo tóu nǎo lit. like a three-meter high monk , you can't rub his head (idiom) / fig. at a total loss
 zhàng èr hé shang , mō bu zháo tóu nǎo lit. like a three-meter high monk, you can't rub his head (idiom) / fig. at a total loss
 zuò yī tiān hé shang , zhuàng yī tiān zhōng as a monk for today, toll today's bell (idiom) / to do one's job mechanically / to hold a position passively
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