世上
shì shàng
Pinyin

Definition

世上
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shì shàng
  1. on earth

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

上
shǎng
  1. 1 see 上聲|上声[shǎng shēng]
上班
shàng bān
  1. 1 to go to work
  2. 2 to be on duty
  3. 3 to start work
  4. 4 to go to the office
世界
shì jiè
  1. 1 world
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
乱世
luàn shì
  1. 1 the world in chaos
  2. 2 troubled times
  3. 3 (in Buddhism) the mortal world
早上
zǎo shang
  1. 1 early morning
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
晚上
wǎn shang
  1. 1 evening
  2. 2 night
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
  4. 4 in the evening
上下
shàng xià
  1. 1 up and down
  2. 2 top and bottom
  3. 3 old and new
  4. 4 length
  5. 5 about
上来
shàng lái
  1. 1 to come up
  2. 2 to approach
  3. 3 (verb complement indicating success)
上传
shàng chuán
  1. 1 to upload
上午
shàng wǔ
  1. 1 morning
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
上去
shàng qù
  1. 1 to go up
上台
shàng tái
  1. 1 to rise to power (in politics)
  2. 2 to go on stage (in the theater)
上司
shàng si
  1. 1 boss
  2. 2 superior
上场
shàng chǎng
  1. 1 on stage
  2. 2 to go on stage
  3. 3 to take the field
上天
shàng tiān
  1. 1 Heaven
  2. 2 Providence
  3. 3 God
  4. 4 the day before
  5. 5 the sky above
  6. 6 to fly to the sky
  7. 7 to take off and fly into space
  8. 8 to die
  9. 9 to pass away
上学
shàng xué
  1. 1 to go to school
  2. 2 to attend school
上市
shàng shì
  1. 1 to hit the market (of a new product)
  2. 2 to float (a company on the stock market)
上帝
Shàng dì
  1. 1 God
上床
shàng chuáng
  1. 1 to go to bed
  2. 2 (coll.) to have sex
上手
shàng shǒu
  1. 1 to obtain
  2. 2 to master
  3. 3 overhand (serve etc)
  4. 4 seat of honor

Idioms (20)

一哭二闹三上吊
yī kū èr nào sān shàng diào
  1. 1 to make a terrible scene (idiom)
  2. 2 to throw a tantrum
一条绳上的蚂蚱
yī tiáo shéng shàng de mà zha
  1. 1 lit. grasshoppers tied together with a piece of string (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. people who are in it together for better or worse
  3. 3 people who will sink or swim together
一生一世
yī shēng yī shì
  1. 1 a whole lifetime (idiom); all my life
三天不打，上房揭瓦
sān tiān bù dǎ , shàng fáng jiē wǎ
  1. 1 three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)
  2. 2 spare the rod, spoil the child
上一次当，学一次乖
shàng yī cì dàng , xué yī cì guāi
  1. 1 to take sth as a lesson for next time (idiom)
  2. 2 once bitten, twice shy
上下其手
shàng xià qí shǒu
  1. 1 to raise and lower one's hand (idiom); to signal as conspiratorial hint
  2. 2 fig. conspiring to defraud
上不了台面
shàng bù liǎo tái miàn
  1. 1 better kept under the table (idiom)
  2. 2 not to be disclosed
  3. 3 too inferior to show in public
上不得台盘
shàng bù dé tái pán
  1. 1 too uncouth to appear in public (idiom)
  2. 2 unfit for a public role
上天入地
shàng tiān rù dì
  1. 1 lit. to go up to heaven or down to Hades (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to go to great lengths
  3. 3 to search heaven and earth
上天无路，入地无门
shàng tiān wú lù , rù dì wú mén
  1. 1 lit. there is no road to the sky, nor door into the earth (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be at the end of one's rope
  3. 3 to be trapped in a hopeless situation
上有天堂，下有苏杭
shàng yǒu tiān táng , xià yǒu Sū Háng
  1. 1 lit. there is heaven above, and there is 蘇杭|苏杭[Sū Háng] below (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the beauty and affluence of Suzhou and Hangzhou is comparable with heaven
上有政策，下有对策
shàng yǒu zhèng cè , xià yǒu duì cè
  1. 1 The higher ups have policies while the lower downs have their own ways of getting around them. (idiom)
上有老下有小
shàng yǒu lǎo xià yǒu xiǎo
  1. 1 lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children
  3. 3 sandwich generation
上梁不正下梁歪
shàng liáng bù zhèng xià liáng wāi
  1. 1 lit. If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked (idiom); fig. subordinates imitate their superiors' vices
上气不接下气
shàng qì bù jiē xià qì
  1. 1 out of breath (idiom)
  2. 2 to gasp for air
上行下效
shàng xíng xià xiào
  1. 1 subordinates follow the example of their superiors (idiom)
上贼船
shàng zéi chuán
  1. 1 lit. to board a pirate ship (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to associate with criminals
不要在一棵树上吊死
bù yào zài yī kē shù shàng diào sǐ
  1. 1 don't insist on only taking one road to Rome (idiom)
  2. 2 there's more than one way to skin a cat
世上无难事，只怕有心人
shì shàng wú nán shì , zhǐ pà yǒu xīn rén
  1. 1 there is nothing the determined person can't accomplish (idiom)
  2. 2 persistence will overcome
世代相传
shì dài xiāng chuán
  1. 1 passed on from generation to generation (idiom); to hand down

Sample Sentences

真假？五分钟内居然有人退票，这世上真的有奇迹！
zhēnjiǎ ？wǔ fēnzhōng nèi jūrán yǒurén tuì piào ，zhè shìshàng zhēnde yǒu qíjì ！
Seriously? Looks like someone cancelled their tickets after just five minutes, it looks like miracles really do happen!
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我的妻子，他是世上最好的女人，它不仅贤惠、聪明，更是我的知音。
wǒ de qīzi ，tā shì shìshàng zuì hǎo de nǚrén ，tā bùjǐn xiánhuì 、cōngming ，gèng shì wǒ de zhīyīn 。
My wife, she's the best woman in the world. She's not only a real lady and very intelligent, she's also my best friend.
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你说我世上最坚强，
nǐ shuō wǒ shìshàng zuì jiānqiáng ，
You said I'm the strongest person in the world,
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我说你世上最善良。
wǒ shuō nǐ shìshàng zuì shànliáng 。
I said you're the kindest person in the world.
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你没事我就放心了。其实我以前一直觉得自己很聪明，现在才发现，我是世上最笨的人，因为我失去了你。不过现在好了，老天又给了我弥补的机会，我又可以在你身边陪你了。而且你放心，我永远都在。
nǐ méishì wǒ jiù fàngxīn le 。qíshí wǒ yǐqián yīzhí juéde zìjǐ hěn cōngming ，xiànzài cái fāxiàn ，wǒ shì shìshàng zuì bèn de rén ，yīnwèi wǒ shīqù le nǐ 。bùguò xiànzài hǎo le ，lǎotiān yòu gěi le wǒ míbǔ de jīhuì ，wǒ yòu kěyǐ zài nǐ shēnbiān péi nǐ le 。érqiě nǐ fàngxīn ，wǒ yǒngyuǎn dōu zài 。
If you are OK then I can set my mind at rest. Actually, before I always thought that I was so smart. Only now do I realize that I am the stupidest person in the world, because I've lost you. But now it's OK--heaven has given me another chance to make it up to you, I can again be by your side to accompany you. And don't worry, I will always be here.
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大概几千万年以前吧！世上总共有十个太阳。
dàgài jǐ qiān wàn nián yǐqián ba ！shìshàng zǒnggòng yǒu shí ge tàiyáng 。
Approximately tens of millions of years ago! There were ten suns in the world.
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那是当然。这世上像你这么与众不同又优雅的人还剩几个啊？
nà shì dāngrán 。zhè shìshàng xiàng nǐ zhème yǔzhòngbùtóng yòu yōuyǎ de rén hái shèng jǐ ge ā ？
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哈哈，她挺聪明的。恐龙蛋可比钻戒值钱多了。不过世上要是真的还有恐龙存在，估计她就不会那么想要收藏恐龙蛋了吧。
hāhā ，tā tǐng cōngming de 。kǒnglóng dàn kě bǐ zuànjiè zhíqián duō le 。bùguò shìshàng yàoshì zhēnde hái yǒu kǒnglóng cúnzài ，gūjì tā jiù bùhuì nàme xiǎng yào shōucáng kǒnglóng dàn le ba 。
Ha ha, she's pretty smart. A dinosaur egg is worth a whole lot more than a diamond ring. But if there really were dinosaurs still living on earth, she probably would rethink keeping a dinosaur egg.
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