历史上
lì shǐ shàng
Pinyin

Definition

历史上
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lì shǐ shàng
  1. historical
  2. in history

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
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
上升
shàng shēng
  1. 1 to rise
  2. 2 to go up
  3. 3 to ascend
上映
shàng yìng
  1. 1 to show (a movie)
  2. 2 to screen

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
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
以史为鉴
yǐ shǐ wéi jiàn
  1. 1 to learn from history (idiom)
力争上游
lì zhēng shàng yóu
  1. 1 to strive for mastery (idiom); aiming for the best result
  2. 2 to have high ambitions

Sample Sentences

这问题有点儿尖锐。不过比起南方人来，北方人的性格直爽豪放，火气大一些。历史上的猛将大都出自北方。
zhè wèntí yǒudiǎnr jiānruì 。bùguò bǐqǐ nánfāngrén lái ，běifāngrén de xìnggé zhíshuǎng háofàng ，huǒqì dà yīxiē 。lìshǐ shàng de měngjiàng dà dōu chūzì běifāng 。
That question is a bit pointed. But compared with southerners, northerners' personalities are more straightforward and frank, with more of a temper. Most of our history's great generals came out of the north.
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嗯，其实五四不只是传统意义上的学生运动，更是思想政治和文化领域的革命。它在中国的地位相当于西方的“文艺复兴”在历史上的位置。比如在文化方面，由北大教授胡适、陈独秀等人主导掀起了新文化运动。
ng4 ，qíshí Wǔsì bù zhǐshì chuántǒng yìyì shàng de xuésheng yùndòng ，gèng shì sīxiǎng zhèngzhì hé wénhuà lǐngyù de gémìng 。tā zài Zhōngguó de dìwèi xiāngdāngyú xīfāng de “wényìfùxīng ”zài lìshǐ shàng de wèizhi 。bǐrú zài wénhuà fāngmiàn ，yóu Běidà jiàoshòu Hú Shì 、Chén Dúxiù děng rén zhǔdǎo xiānqǐ le xīnwénhuà yùndòng 。
Yes. Actually the May Fourth Movement was not simply a student movement in the traditional sense. It was more of a revolution of political and cultural ideology. Its position in Chinese history is equivalent to the “Renaissance” in the Western world. For example, on the cultural side of things, Peking University professors, Hu Shi and Chen Duxiu, started the New Culture Movement.
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这个啊，是为了纪念犹太历史上的一个奇迹。很久以前，犹太人被叙利亚人统治。后来他们打败了敌人。就在他们想祭神的时候，发现圣殿里点灯的油只够用一天了，但灯台却持续亮了八天。犹太人认为这是神在保佑他们。
zhè ge a ，shì wèile jìniàn Yóutài lìshǐ shàng de yī ge qíjì 。hěnjiǔ yǐqián ，Yóutàirén bèi Xùlìyàrén tǒngzhì 。hòulái tāmen dǎbài le dírén 。jiù zài tāmen xiǎng jìshén de shíhou ，fāxiàn shèngdiàn lǐ diǎn dēng de yóu zhǐ gòu yòng yī tiān le ，dàn dēngtái què chíxù liàng le bā tiān 。Yóutàirén rènwéi zhè shì shén zài bǎoyòu tāmen 。
Well, it's done in order to commemorate a miracle that occurred in Jewish history. A long time ago, the Jews were ruled by the Syrians. In the end, they defeated their enemies. Just as they wanted to make an offering, they realized that there was only enough oil in the temple for one day, yet the candle stayed lit for 8 days. The Jews believe this was their God blessing them.
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啊，真宏伟！孔子在中国历史上的地位，看看大成殿就知道了。
ā ，zhēn hóngwěi ！Kǒngzǐ zài Zhōngguó lìshǐ shàng de dìwèi ，kàn kan Dàchéng diàn jiù zhīdao le 。
Wow, they're really magnificent. Just seeing the Great Hall, it's clear that Confucius had a real position in Chinese history.
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那，林峰你说说，历史上谁第一次统一了中国？
nà ，Lín Fēng nǐ shuō shuo ，lìshǐ shàng shéi dì yī cì tǒngyī le Zhōngguó ？
So, Lin Feng, tell us, who was the first person in history to unify China?
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