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上边 shàng bian the top / above / overhead / upwards / the top margin / above-mentioned / those higher up
加油 jiā yóu to add oil; to top up with gas; to refuel / to accelerate; to step on the gas / (fig.) to make an extra effort; to cheer sb on
tóu head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL:個|个[ge4]
上下 shàng xià 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[shang4 xia4 wen2] "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[shang4 xia4 he2 mu4] "harmony between superiors and subordinates") / all members of a group (as in 舉國上下|举国上下[ju3 guo2 shang4 xia4] "the entire nation") / relative superiority (as in 不相上下[bu4 xiang1 shang4 xia4] "evenly matched")
上头 shàng tou the top; the upper part; (its) surface / the authorities; those in charge; the higher-ups
dǐng apex / crown of the head / top / roof / most / to carry on the head / to push to the top / to go against / to replace / to substitute / to be subjected to (an aerial bombing, hailstorm etc) / (slang) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile / classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc
尖端 jiān duān sharp pointed end / the tip / the cusp / tip-top / most advanced and sophisticated / highest peak / the best
一号 hào first day of the month / toilet / (slang) top (in a homosexual relationship)
下行 xià xíng (of trains) down (i.e. away from the capital) / (of river boats) to travel downstream / to issue (a document) to lower bureaucratic levels / (of writing on the page) vertical, proceeding from top to bottom
当务之急 dāng zhī (idiom) top priority job; a matter of the greatest urgency
顶骨 dǐng parietal bone (top of the scull)
封顶 fēng dǐng to put a roof (on a building) / to cap the roof (finishing a building project) / fig. to put a ceiling (on spending, prize, ambition etc) / to top off / fig. to reach the highest point (of growth, profit, interest rates) / to stop growing (of plant bud or branch)
意甲 Jiǎ Serie A, the top division of the Italian football league system
diān top (of the head) / apex / to fall forwards / inverted / to jolt
状元 zhuàng yuán top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system) / see 榜眼[bang3 yan3] and 探花[tan4 hua1] / top scorer in college entrance examination 高考[gao1 kao3] / (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field / leading light
头顶 tóu dǐng top of the head
一甲 jiǎ 1st rank or top three candidates who passed the imperial examination (i.e. 狀元|状元[zhuang4 yuan2], 榜眼[bang3 yan3], and 探花[tan4 hua1], respectively)
顶上 dǐng shàng on top of / at the summit
以讹传讹 é chuán é to spread falsehoods / to increasingly distort the truth / to pile errors on top of errors (idiom)
加满 jiā mǎn to top up / to fill to the brim
榜首 bǎng shǒu top of the list
四强 qiáng the top four
拔尖 jiān top-notch (colloquial) / to push oneself to the front
八级工 gōng grade 8 worker (highest on the eight grade wage scale) / top-grade worker
街头巷尾 jiē tóu xiàng wěi top of streets, bottom of alleys (idiom); everywhere in the city


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