上 on top / upon / above / upper / previous / first (of multiple parts) / to climb / to get onto / to go up / to attend (class or university) 高 位 gāo wèi high position / eminent status / top job / raised position / upper (limbs) / a high (i.e. local maximum) / high point on scale, high grade, temperature, latitude etc 帮 子 bāng zi outer (of cabbage etc) / upper (of a shoe) / (coll.) group / gang 帮 to help / to assist / to support / for sb (i.e. as a help) / hired (as worker) / side (of pail, boat etc) / outer layer / upper (of a shoe) / group / gang / clique / party / secret society 上 方 shàng fāng place above (it) / upper part (of it) 上 游 shàng yóu upper reaches (of a river) / upper level / upper echelon / upstream 上 衣 shàng yī jacket / upper outer garment / CL:件[jian4] 上 身 shàng shēn upper part of the body 上 限 shàng xiàn upper bound 上 层 shàng céng upper layer 上 部 shàng bù upper section 华 西 Huá xī West China (region in the upper reaches of Yangtze River and Sichuan Province) 上 流 shàng liú upper class 上 半 身 shàng bàn shēn the upper body 三 军 sān jūn (in former times) upper, middle and lower army / army of right, center and left / (in modern times) the three armed services: Army, Navy and Air Force 至 多 zhì duō up to the maximum / upper limit / at most 参 议 院 cān yì yuàn senate / upper chamber (of legislative assembly) 上 装 shàng zhuāng upper garment 契 丹 Qì dān Qidan or Khitan, ethnic group in ancient China, a branch of the Eastern Hu people inhabiting the valley of the Xar Murun River in the upper reaches of the Liao River 遼河|辽河[Liao2 He2] 上 流 社 会 shàng liú shè huì upper class / high society 占 上 风 zhàn shàng fēng to take the lead / to gain the upper hand 上 水 Shàng shuǐ upper reaches (of a river) / to go upstream / to add some water / to water (a crop etc) 涨 停 板 zhǎng tíng bǎn daily upper limit on the price of a stock 膀 子 bǎng zi upper arm / arm / wing 右 上 yòu shàng upper right 左 上 zuǒ shàng upper left 栈 道 zhàn dào plank walkway constructed on the face of a cliff / (archaic) elevated passageway connecting the upper levels of adjacent towers 上 肢 shàng zhī upper limb 先 声 夺 人 xiān shēng duó rén to gain the upper hand by a show of strength 上 臂 shàng bì upper arm 澜 沧 江 Lán cāng Jiāng Lancang River of Qinghai and Yunnan, the upper reaches of Mekong River 湄公河[Mei2 gong1 He2] of Southeast Asia 上 唇 shàng chún upper lip / (entomology) labrum 五 花 大 绑 wǔ huā dà bǎng to bind a person's upper body, with arms tied behind the back and rope looped around the neck / to truss up 元 老 院 yuán lǎo yuàn upper house / senate / senior statesmen's assembly 褂 子 guà zi unlined upper garment 参 院 cān yuàn abbr. for 參議院|参议院[can1 yi4 yuan4], senate / upper chamber (of legislative assembly) 瞿 塘 峡 Qū táng Xiá Qutang Gorge, 8 km long gorge on the Changjiang or Yangtze in Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4], the upper of the Three Gorges 三峽|三峡[San1 Xia2] 上 议 院 Shàng yì yuàn Upper Chamber / Upper House / Senate 小 褂 xiǎo guà close-fitting (Chinese-style) upper garment 膀 臂 bǎng bì upper arm / arm / reliable helper / right-hand man 老 虎 凳 lǎo hǔ dèng tiger bench (torture method in which the victim sits with legs extended horizontally along a bench, upper legs held down with straps while bricks are inserted under the feet, forcing the knee joint to bend in reverse) 龙 羊 峡 Lóng yáng xiá Longyangxia canyon on the upper reaches of the Yellow River, Gonghe county 共和縣|共和县[Gong4 he2 xian4] in Hainan Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Qinghai 眉 eyebrow / upper margin 膊 shoulder / upper arm 趴 to lie on one's stomach / to lean forward, resting one's upper body (on a desktop etc) / (Tw) percent 肱 upper arm / arm 裉 side seam in an upper garment 裼 to bare the upper body 阘 door or window in an upper story 腄 callus on the hand or foot / upper leg bone of horse or bird / buttocks 闒 door or window in an upper story 先 下 手 为 强 xiān xià shǒu wéi qiáng strike first and gain the upper hand (idiom, martial arts term) / Making the first move is an advantage. 上 梁 不 正 下 梁 歪 shàng liáng bù zhèng xià liáng wāi lit. If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked (idiom) / fig. subordinates imitate their superiors' vices 上 院 shàng yuàn upper house 皮 面 pí miàn outer skin / surface / leather cover (of a book) / drum skin / leather upper (of a shoe) 上 齿 shàng chǐ upper teeth 中 气 层 zhōng qì céng mesosphere / upper atmosphere 金 沙 江 Jīn shā jiāng Jinsha river, upper reaches of Yangtze river or Changjiang 長江|长江 / in Sichuan and Yunnan 怒 江 Nù jiāng Nujiang river of south Tibet and northwest Yunnan, the upper reaches of Salween river 薩爾溫江|萨尔温江, forming border of Myanmar and Thailand 上 界 shàng jiè upper bound 三 江 并 流 Sān jiāng bìng liú Three Parallel Rivers National Park, in mountainous northwest Yunnan World Heritage protected area: the three rivers are Nujiang 怒江[Nu4 jiang1] or Salween, Jinsha 金沙江[Jin1 sha1 jiang1] or upper reaches of Changjiang and Lancang 瀾滄江|澜沧江[Lan2 cang1 Jiang1] or Mekong 上 半 部 分 shàng bàn bù fèn upper part / top half 上 眼 睑 shàng yǎn jiǎn upper eyelid 上 睑 shàng jiǎn upper eyelid 上 确 界 shàng què jiè supremum (math.) / least upper bound 上 齿 龈 shàng chǐ yín upper alveolar ridge 半 截 衫 bàn jié shān upper jacket 唐 楼 táng lóu tenement building, typically of 2-4 stories, with a shop on the ground floor and upper floors used for residential purposes (esp. in southern China) 塔 刹 tǎ chà Buddhist ornamentation decorating the upper story of a pagoda 承 重 孙 chéng zhòng sūn eldest grandson (to sustain upper storeys of ancestor worship) 斜 方 肌 xié fāng jī trapezius muscle (of the upper back and neck) 汶 上 Wèn shàng Wenshang County in Jining 濟寧|济宁[Ji3 ning2], Shandong / classically, upper reaches of Wen River in Shandong, used to refer to Qi 齊國|齐国[Qi2 guo2] 湟 水 Huáng shuǐ Huangshui River, upper reaches of the Yellow River 黃河|黄河[Huang2 He2], flowing through Qinghai and Gansu 狮 泉 河 Shī quán Hé Sengge Tsangpo or Shiquan River in west Tibet, the upper reaches of the Indus 肱 三 头 肌 gōng sān tóu jī triceps brachii (back of the upper arm) 胸 胁 xiōng xié chest and hypochondrium / upper part of the body 脐 轮 qí lún manipūra or manipura, the solar plexus chakra 查克拉, residing in the upper abdomen 袒 裼 tǎn xī to bare the upper body 重 眼 皮 chóng yǎn pí double eyelid / epicanthal fold of upper eyelid (characteristic of Asian people) 重 眼 皮 儿 chóng yǎn pí r double eyelid / epicanthal fold of upper eyelid (characteristic of Asian people) 高 音 部 gāo yīn bù upper register / soprano part 蚂 蚁 上 树 mǎ yǐ shàng shù "ants climbing a tree", a Sichuan dish made with cellophane noodles 粉絲|粉丝[fen3 si1] 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 天 头 tiān tóu the upper margin of a page 磁 悬 浮 轴 承 magnetic suspension bearing / top magnetic suspension bearing / top bearing / upper bearing 北 半 球 中 纬 度 northern middle latitude / upper mid-latitude 上 游 沿 岸 国 shàng yóu yàn àn guó upper riparian State 高 空 风 upper wind 高 空 气 流 upper wind 上 尼 罗 州 Upper Nile 上 级 惯 性 制 导 装 置 shàng jí guàn xìng zhì dǎo zhuāng zhì Inertial Upper Stage Unit 上 地 壳 upper crust 上 地 幔 upper mantle / outer mantle 外 地 幔 upper mantle / outer mantle 空 间 和 高 层 大 气 研 究 委 员 会 Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission 上 级 惯 性 制 导 Inertial Upper Stage 高 层 大 气 研 究 卫 星 Upper Atmospheric Research Satellite 海 洋 上 层 upper layer of the oceans / upper ocean 平 流 层 上 部 high stratosphere / upper stratosphere 高 层 大 气 的 电 中 性 和 离 子 化 学 neutral and ion chemistry of the upper atmosphere 高 层 大 气 研 究 方 桉 Upper Atmospheric Research Programme
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