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上 shàng (bound form) up / upper / above / previous / first (of multiple parts) / to climb / to get onto / to go up / to attend (class or university) / (directional complement) up / (noun suffix) on / above
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 bāng 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
马背 mǎ bèi horse's back / (traditional Chinese architecture) roof with a low-slung curved ridgelines and geometric shapes on the upper gable walls at the ends of the roof ridges
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]
上梁 shàng liáng to lay an upper beam / (a building's) upper beam / (a bicycle's) top tube
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 méi eyebrow / upper margin
膊 bó shoulder / upper arm
趴 pā to lie on one's stomach / to lean forward, resting one's upper body (on a desktop etc) / (Tw) percent
肱 gōng upper arm / arm
裉 kèn side seam in an upper garment
裼 xī to bare the upper body
阘 tà door or window in an upper story
腄 chuí callus on the hand or foot / upper leg bone of horse or bird / buttocks
闒 tà door or window in an upper story
先下手为强 xiān xià shǒu wéi qiáng (idiom) strike first to gain the upper hand
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 see 怒江傈僳族自治州[Nu4jiang1 Li4su4zu2 Zi4zhi4zhou1] / 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)
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
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