1. "ants climbing a tree", a Sichuan dish made with cellophane noodles 粉丝[fěn sī] and ground meat (so called because the particles of meat clinging to the noodles look like ants on the twigs of a tree)2. (sex position) man standing, woman clinging to his upper body3. (erotic massage) full-body licking
1. to engage in a game of chance2. to gamble3. to make a bet
enclosed with (this) letter
1. head2. neck (as in "to save one's neck", i.e. one's life)
the customer reigns supreme (idiom)
1. tournament (contest in Western chivalry)2. jousting
Tales from 5000 Years of Chinese History in three volumes by Cao Yuzhang 曹余章[cáo yú zhāng]
上下文菜单 上下文菜單 shàng xià wén cài dān context menu (computing)
上不了台面 上不了檯面 shàng bù liǎo tái miàn 1. better kept under the table (idiom)2. not to be disclosed3. too inferior to show in public
上不得台盘 上不得臺盤 shàng bù dé tái pán (idiom) lacking in social grace and unfit to be a representative
上海大剧院 上海大劇院 shàng hǎi dà jù yuàn Shanghai Grand Theater
上颚正门齿 上顎正門齒 shàng è zhèng mén chǐ maxillary central incisor
1. leave it to me (idiom)2. I'll take care of it
1. lit. knives rain down from the sky (idiom)2. fig. (even if) the sky crumbles
天上掉馅饼 天上掉餡餅 tiān shàng diào xiàn bǐng 1. a meat pie falls from the sky (idiom)2. to have something fall into your lap
往脸上抹黑 往臉上抹黑 wǎng liǎn shàng mǒ hēi 1. to bring shame to2. to smear3. to disgrace
桌上型电脑 桌上型電腦 zhuō shàng xíng diàn nǎo desktop computer
水上摩托车 水上摩托車 shuǐ shàng mó tuō chē jet ski
海上花列传 海上花列傳 hǎi shàng huā liè zhuàn "The Sing-Song Girls of Shanghai", a novel by Han Bangqing 韩邦庆[hán bāng qìng] depicting the lives of Shanghai courtesans in the late Qing dynasty
肾上腺皮质 腎上腺皮質 shèn shàng xiàn pí zhì adrenal cortex
肾上腺髓质 腎上腺髓質 shèn shàng xiàn suǐ zhì adrenal medulla
膝上型电脑 膝上型電腦 xī shàng xíng diàn nǎo laptop (computer)
like a dog who fell in the river and climbs out—shaking all over
蹬鼻子上脸 蹬鼻子上臉 dēng bí zi shàng liǎn 1. lit. to climb all over sb2. fig. to take advantage of sb's weakness
1. to force oneself upon sb (idiom)2. to rape
骑鹤上扬州 騎鶴上揚州 qí hè shàng yáng zhōu lit. to ride a crane to Yangzhou (idiom); to get an official position
upper respiratory tract infection
上海合作组织 上海合作組織 shàng hǎi hé zuò zǔ zhī Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)
上证综合指数 上證綜合指數 shàng zhèng zōng hé zhǐ shù SSE (Shanghai Stock Exchange) Composite Index
去甲肾上腺素 去甲腎上腺素 qù jiǎ shèn shàng xiàn sù (biochemistry) norepinephrine; noradrenaline
烂泥扶不上墙 爛泥扶不上牆 làn ní fú bù shàng qiáng 1. useless (idiom)2. worthless3. inept
皇冠上的明珠 huáng guān shàng de míng zhū the brightest jewel in the crown
一哭二闹三上吊 一哭二鬧三上吊 yī kū èr nào sān shàng diào 1. (lit.) to cry, then shout, then threaten suicide (saying)2. (fig.) to make a terrible scene; to throw a tantrum
一条绳上的蚂蚱 一條繩上的螞蚱 yī tiáo shéng shàng de mà zha 1. lit. grasshoppers tied together with a piece of string (idiom)2. fig. people who are in it together for better or worse3. people who will sink or swim together
上刀山，下油锅 上刀山，下油鍋 shàng dāo shān , xià yóu guō 1. lit. to climb mountains of swords and enter cauldrons of boiling oil (idiom)2. fig. to go through trials and tribulations
上刀山，下火海 shàng dāo shān , xià huǒ hǎi 1. lit. to climb mountains of swords and enter seas of flames (idiom)2. fig. to go through trials and tribulations (often, for a noble cause)
上海外国语大学 上海外國語大學 shàng hǎi wài guó yǔ dà xué Shanghai International Studies University (SISU)
天上不会掉馅饼 天上不會掉餡餅 tiān shàng bù huì diào xiàn bǐng there is no such thing as a free lunch (idiom)
懒驴上磨屎尿多 懶驢上磨屎尿多 lǎn lǘ shàng mò shǐ niào duō 1. (proverb) A lazy person will find many excuses to delay working2. lit. When a lazy donkey is turning a grindstone, it takes a lot of time off for peeing and pooing
春风深醉的晚上 春風深醉的晚上 chūn fēng shēn zuì de wǎn shang Intoxicating Spring Nights, 1924 short story by Yu Dafu 郁达夫[yù dá fū]
瞎猫碰上死耗子 瞎貓碰上死耗子 xiā māo pèng shàng sǐ hào zi 1. a blind cat finds a dead mouse (idiom)2. blind luck
色字头上一把刀 色字頭上一把刀 sè zì tóu shàng yī bǎ dāo 1. lit. there is a knife above the character for lust2. fig. lascivious activities can lead to bitter consequences
风中烛，瓦上霜 風中燭，瓦上霜 fēng zhōng zhú , wǎ shàng shuāng 1. lit. like a candle in the wind, or frost on the roof (idiom)2. fig. (of sb's life) feeble3. hanging on a thread
鲜花插在牛粪上 鮮花插在牛糞上 xiān huā chā zài niú fèn shàng 1. lit. a bunch of flowers poked into a pile of manure2. fig. a terrible shame (as when a lovely woman marries an odious man)
上海汽车工业集团 上海汽車工業集團 shàng hǎi qì chē gōng yè jí tuán Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. (SAIC)