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Change log entry 90747
Processed by: richwarm (2025-07-15 08:18:20 UTC)
Comment: << review queue entry 82886 - submitted by 'agedits' >>
Should the sense "vertical range" be added?
泉吟香的飞机残骸,散落在上下两百公尺的山峰上,那是海拔达三千一百九十公尺的奥穗高岳,山顶几乎终年积雪,这时更是白雪皑皑。
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Editor: I have reviewed and revised the definition based on the following analysis.

1. Spatial Orientation
1.1 The top and bottom of something
上下颠倒 upside down
上下铺 bunk beds

1.2 Full vertical extent; from top to bottom
上下两百公尺 200m vertical span
浑身上下 head to toe

2. Movement
2.1 To go up and down
上下楼梯 go up/down stairs

3. Temporal or abstract range
3.1 Before and after
上下文 context

3.2 (Post-quantifier) Approximately; ...or so
三十岁上下 around 30 years old

4. Social Hierarchy
4.1 The high and low; seniors and juniors
尊卑上下 social ranks
上下和睦 generational harmony

4.2 All members of a group
举国上下 the whole nation

5. Relative superiority
不相上下 evenly matched
Diff:
- 上下 上下 [[shang4xia4]] /up and down/top and bottom/old and young/length/about; more or less/
# + 上下 上下 [[shang4xia4]] /up and down/top and bottom; vertical/old and young/length/about; more or less/
 
+ 上下 上下 [[shang4xia4]] /the top and bottom of sth/the full vertical extent of sth; from top to bottom/to go up and down/before and after (as in 上下文[shang4xia4wen2] "context")/(used after a quantity) approximately; ... or so/(in a social hierarchy) the high and the low; seniors and juniors (as in 上下和睦[shang4xia4-he2mu4] "harmony between superiors and subordinates")/all members of a group (as in 舉國上下|举国上下[ju3guo2-shang4xia4] "the entire nation")/relative superiority (as in 不相上下[bu4xiang1-shang4xia4] "evenly matched")/
By MDBG 2025
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