"Upon" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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上 shàng on top / upon / above / upper / previous / first (of multiple parts) / to climb / to get onto / to go up / to attend (class or university)
作为 zuò wéi one's conduct / deed / activity / accomplishment / achievement / to act as / as (in the capacity of) / qua / to view as / to look upon (sth as) / to take sth to be
涉及 shè jí to involve / to touch upon (a topic)
重重 chóng chóng layer upon layer / one after another
从前 cóng qián previously / formerly / once upon a time
有一次 yǒu yī cì once / once upon a time
选中 xuǎn zhòng to choose / to pick / to settle upon / to decide upon a candidate / to be selected for some role
看待 kàn dài to look upon / to regard
层层 céng céng layer upon layer
鄙视 bǐ shì to despise / to disdain / to look down upon
进门 jìn mén to enter a door / to go in / to learn the basics of a subject / to join one's husband's household upon marriage
瞩目 zhǔ mù to focus attention upon
关系到 guān xì dào relates to / bears upon
看作 kàn zuò to look upon as / to regard as
成千上万 chéng qiān shàng wàn lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom) / untold numbers / innumerable / thousands upon thousands
碰上 pèng shàng to run into / to come upon / to meet
赶上 gǎn shàng to keep up with / to catch up with / to overtake / to chance upon / in time for
见状 jiàn zhuàng upon seeing this, ... / in response, ...
看上 kàn shàng to look upon / to take a fancy to / to fall for
当做 dàng zuò to treat as / to regard as / to look upon as
反省 fǎn xǐng to reflect upon oneself / to examine one's conscience / to question oneself / to search one's soul
看不起 kàn bu qǐ to look down upon / to despise
担当 dān dāng to take upon oneself / to assume
过时 guò shí old-fashioned / out of date / to be later than the time stipulated or agreed upon
伺候 cì hòu to serve / to wait upon
觉醒 jué xǐng to awaken / to come to realize / awakened to the truth / the truth dawns upon one / scales fall from the eyes / to become aware
鄙夷 bǐ yí to despise / to look down upon / despicable
上万 shàng wàn over ten thousand / fig. untold numbers / innumerable / thousands upon thousands
瞧不起 qiáo bù qǐ to look down upon / to hold in contempt
未及 wèi jí to not have had time / to have not yet / not to touch upon
服侍 fú shi to attend to / to care for (patients etc) / to look after / to wait upon / to serve / also written 伏侍, see also 服事[fu2 shi4]
映照 yìng zhào to shine upon / to reflect
相依为命 xiāng yī wéi mìng mutually dependent for life (idiom) / to rely upon one another for survival / interdependent
千千万万 qiān qiān wàn wàn lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom) / untold numbers / innumerable / thousands upon thousands
灵机一动 líng jī yī dòng a bright idea suddenly occurs (idiom) / to hit upon an inspiration / to be struck by a brainwave
侍候 shì hòu to serve / to wait upon
经查 jīng chá upon investigation
强加 qiáng jiā to impose / to force upon
小视 xiǎo shì to belittle / to look down upon / to despise
赫尔 Hè ěr Hull (name) / Kingston upon Hull
留校 liú xiào to join the faculty of one's alma mater upon graduation / to remain at school during vacation
垂青 chuí qīng to show appreciation for sb / to look upon sb with favor
看做 kàn zuò to regard as / to look upon as
侍奉 shì fèng to wait upon / to serve / to attend to sb's needs
献殷勤 xiàn yīn qín to be particularly attentive to (an attractive young lady or man etc) / to fawn upon (an influential politician etc) / to court sb's favor / to ingratiate oneself
抹黑 mǒ hēi to discredit / to defame / to smear sb's name / to bring shame upon (oneself or one's family etc) / to blacken (e.g. commando's face for camouflage) / to black out or obliterate (e.g. censored words)
层叠 céng dié layer upon layer / tiered
议定 yì dìng to reach an agreement / to agree upon
回溯 huí sù to recall / to look back upon
口福 kǒu fú happy knack for chancing upon fine food
小辫子 xiǎo biàn zi pigtail / (fig.) a shortcoming or evidence of wrongdoing that can be seized upon by others
册封 cè fēng to confer a title upon sb / to dub / to crown / to invest with rank or title
倚重 yǐ zhòng to rely heavily upon
前仆后继 qián pū hòu jì one falls, the next follows (idiom) / stepping into the breach to replace fallen comrades / advancing wave upon wave
相看 xiāng kàn to look at one another / to take a good look at / to look upon
前赴后继 qián fù hòu jì to advance dauntlessly in wave upon wave (idiom)
吹毛求疵 chuī máo qiú cī lit. to blow apart the hairs upon a fur to discover any defect (idiom) / fig. to be fastidious / nitpick
鳞次栉比 lín cì zhì bǐ row upon row
归依 guī yī to convert to (a religion) / to rely upon / refuge / mainstay
偶见 ǒu jiàn to happen upon / to see incidentally / occasional / accidental
窥伺 kuī sì to spy upon / to lie in wait for (an opportunity)
朝三暮四 zhāo sān mù sì lit. say three in the morning but four in the evening (idiom) / to change sth that is already settled upon / indecisive / to blow hot and cold
过河拆桥 guò hé chāi qiáo lit. to destroy the bridge after crossing the river (idiom) / fig. to abandon one's benefactor upon achieving one's goal
陪侍 péi shì to wait upon (older people) / to accompany / attendant
劝诱 quàn yòu to prevail upon / to coax
层峦叠嶂 céng luán dié zhàng range upon range of mountains (idiom)
枯木逢春 kū mù féng chūn lit. the spring comes upon a withered tree (idiom) / fig. to get a new lease on life / to be revived / (of a difficult situation) to suddenly improve
省视 xǐng shì to call upon / to inspect
成千成万 chéng qiān chéng wàn lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom) / untold numbers / innumerable / thousands upon thousands
隐 yìn to lean upon
奉 fèng to offer (tribute) / to present respectfully (to superior, ancestor, deity etc) / to esteem / to revere / to believe in (a religion) / to wait upon / to accept orders (from superior)
辉 huī splendor / to shine upon
侍 shì to serve / to attend upon
聊 liáo to chat / to depend upon (literary) / temporarily / just / slightly
逢 féng to meet by chance / to come across / (of a calendar event) to come along / (of an event) to fall on (a particular day) / to fawn upon
鼎 dǐng ancient cooking cauldron with two looped handles and three or four legs / pot (dialect) / to enter upon a period of (classical) / Kangxi radical 206 / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes
倚 yǐ to lean on / to rely upon
晖 huī sunshine / to shine upon / variant of 輝|辉[hui1]
踞 jù to be based upon / to squat
睇 dì to look down upon (classical) / to see / to look at (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 看[kan4]
戤 gài infringe upon a trade mark
评头论足 píng tóu lùn zú lit. to assess the head and discuss the feet (idiom) / minute criticism of a woman's appearance / fig. to find fault in minor details / to remark upon a person's appearance / nitpicking / overcritical / judgmental
衣食父母 yī shí fù mǔ the people one depends upon for one's livelihood / one's bread and butter
视如粪土 shì rú fèn tǔ to look upon as dirt / considered worthless
傍人门户 bàng rén mén hù to be dependent upon sb
成千累万 chéng qiān lěi wàn lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom) / untold numbers / innumerable / thousands upon thousands
百般奉承 bǎi bān fèng chéng to fawn upon sb in every possible way
重峦叠嶂 chóng luán dié zhàng range upon range of mountains (idiom)
一柱擎天 yī zhù qíng tiān lit. to support the sky as a single pillar (idiom) / fig. to take a crucial responsibility upon one's shoulders
内省 nèi xǐng to reflect upon oneself / introspection
祸及 huò jí to bring disaster upon
在﹍之上 zài zhī shàng above / upon
为己任 wéi jǐ rèn to make it one's business / to take upon oneself to
欨 xū (literary) to blow or breathe upon / happy
喣 xǔ to breathe upon
隒 yǎn the appearance of a mountain, as if two pots were standing one upon the other / the steep bank of a stream a rough mountain path
傲睨 ào nì to look down upon
厌薄 yàn bó to despise / to look down upon sth
商办 shāng bàn to consult and act upon / privately run / commercial
失恃 shī shì to lose sb one relies upon / to lose one's mother
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