不上

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Chinese

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not; no
up; on; on top
up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up
 
simp. and trad.
(不上)

Pronunciation

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Verb

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不上

  1. to not go up; to not ascend
  2. (verbal complement) unable to
    不上不上  ―  gǎn bùshàng  ―  unable to catch up with
    不上  ―  bùshàng  ―  incomparable

Usage notes

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When placed behind a verb, 不上 has a meaning of "unable to achieve" + verb. The opposite to 不上 would be 得上 ("able to" + verb).

Derived terms

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