考上
kǎo shàng
Pinyin

Definition

考上
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kǎo shàng
  1. to pass a university entrance exam

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
久经考验
jiǔ jīng kǎo yàn
  1. 1 well tested (idiom); seasoned
  2. 2 veteran
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

他没有考上大学，哭惨了。
tā méiyǒu kǎoshàng dàxué ，kū cǎn le 。
He didn't get into university. He wept like a baby.
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这个星期三吗？没问题。不过我刚考上大学，十月开学之后可能需要换时间。
zhè ge xīngqīsān ma ？méiwèntí 。búguò wǒ gāng kǎoshàng dàxué ，shíyuè kāixué zhīhòu kěnéng xūyào huàn shíjiān 。
This Wednesday? No problem. But I just got into university, so I may need to switch times in October when term starts.
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我又不是做什么坏事，干嘛怕人知道，纯粹就是觉得也没什么啦。你呢？你呢？如愿考上建筑系，应该很爽吧？而且男生比女生多得多，机会很多哦！
wǒ yòu bùshì zuò shénme huàishì ，gànmá pà rén zhīdào ，chúncuì jiùshì juéde yě méi shénme la 。nǐ ne ？nǐ ne ？rúyuàn kǎoshàng jiànzhù xì ，yīnggāi hěn shuǎng ba ？érqiě nánshēng bǐ nǚshēng duō de duō ，jīhuì hěn duō ò ！
I didn't do anything wrong, why would I be afraid of other people finding out, I just think it wasn't anything important. And you? What about you? You got into the architecture department like you wanted, you must be so happy! And there are so many more guys than girls, you'll have lots of opportunities!
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他很努力，指定能考上名牌大学。
tā hěn nǔlì ，zhǐdìng néng kǎoshàng míngpái dàxué 。
He works very hard, indicating that he will get into a prestigious university.
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这事最近闹得沸沸扬扬的，可不得上头条。据说，只要给“枪手”五万元，就能考上重点本科。
zhè shì zuìjìn nào de fèifèiyángyáng de ，kě bù děi shàng tóutiáo 。jùshuō ，zhǐyào gěi “qiāngshǒu ”wǔwàn yuán ，jiù néng kǎoshàng zhòngdiǎnběnkē 。
This has recently caused quite a ruckus; it had to hit the headlines. People say that if you give fifty thousand RMB to the "surrogate exam-takers" you can get into a famous university.
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到时候就来不及了。孩子的教育一环扣一环。进好的幼儿园，才能进好的小学，最后才有希望考上好的大学。噢，吃燕窝的时间到了。
dào shíhou jiù láibují le 。háizi de jiàoyù yīhuánkòuyīhuán 。jìn hǎo de yòu éryuán ，cái néng jìn hǎo de xiǎoxué ，zuìhòu cái yǒu xīwàng kǎoshàng hǎo de dàxué 。ò ，chī yànwō de shíjiān dào le 。
When the time comes, it'll be too late. Training kids is a sequence of things. The only way they can get into a good elementary school is by getting into a good kindergarten, and that's the only way they can have any hope of getting into a good college. Oh, it's time for me to eat some swallow's nest.
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