高下 gāoxià

1. gāoxià noun high and low / up and down
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 上下 (Guoyu '高下' 1)
2. gāoxià noun better or worse / stronger or weaker
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Comparison 比较
   Notes: In the sense of 优劣 (CC-CEDICT '高下'; Guoyu '高下' 2)
3. gāoxià noun more or less
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 多少 (Guoyu '高下' 3)

Contained in

• 不分高下 equally matched / not much to distinguish who is stronger
• 一较高下(一較高下) to compete against / to measure oneself against / to go head to head (see who is best)

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷四十八 志第一 天文一 Volume 48 Treatises 1: Astronomy 1 History of Song 《宋史》 — count: 7
• 卷三十一 志第七 曆一 Volume 31 Treatises 7: Calendar 1 History of Ming 《明史》 — count: 7
• 卷一百五十七 志第一百一十 選舉三 Volume 157 Treatises 110: Selection and appointment of Officials 3 History of Song 《宋史》 — count: 5
• 卷一百七十七 志第一百三十 食貨上五 Volume 177 Treatises 130: Finance and Economics 1e History of Song 《宋史》 — count: 5
• 輕重乙第八十一 Chapter 81: Weight II Guanzi 《管子》 — count: 4
• 第八十七回 Chapter 87 Journey to the West 《西遊記》 — count: 4
• 卷三百四十 列傳第九十九 呂大防兄:大忠 弟:大鈞 大臨 劉摯 蘇頌 Volume 340 Biographies 99: Lu Dafang and elder brother: Dazhong, younger brother: Dajun, Da Lin, Liu Zhi, Su Song History of Song 《宋史》 — count: 4
• 卷九十五 志第四十八 河渠五 Volume 95 Treatises 48: Rivers and Canals 5 History of Song 《宋史》 — count: 4
• 卷一百五十六 志第一百〇九 選舉二 Volume 156 Treatises 109: Selection and appointment of Officials 2 History of Song 《宋史》 — count: 4
• 卷二十二 志第二: 禮儀二 Volume 22 Treatises 2: Rites 2 Old Book of Tang 《舊唐書》 — count: 4

Collocations

• 高下在 (高下在) 高下在心 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 13
• 高下有水 (高下有水) 高下有水災曰大水 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋公羊傳》, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 4
• 远近高下 (遠近高下) 遠近高下 — Guanzi 《管子》, 版法第七 Chapter 7: Ban Fa — count: 3
• 秩高下 (秩高下) 品秩高下 — Old Book of Tang 《舊唐書》, 卷四十五 志第二十五: 輿服 Volume 45 Treatises 25: Carriages and Clothes — count: 3
• 高下失 (高下失) 高下失其常倫 — Book of Wei 《魏書》, 卷19上 景穆十二王上 Volume 19a: Emperor Jingmu Twelve Princes 1 — count: 3
• 高下葆 (高下葆) 無高下葆澤以處 — Guanzi 《管子》, 地員第五十八 Chapter 58: Land Officials — count: 3
• 均高下 (均高下) 音均高下清濁之調 — Book of Jin 《晉書》, 卷十六 志第六 律曆上 Volume 16 Treatises 6: Rhythm and the Calendar Part One — count: 2
• 高下万物 (高下萬物) 高下萬物 — Guanzi 《管子》, 山至數第七十六 Chapter 76: Travelling to the Mountains — count: 2
• 官爵高下 (官爵高下) 囗人官爵高下 — Book of Song 《宋書》, 卷九十九 列傳第五十九 二凶 Volume 99 Biographies 59: Er Xiong — count: 2
• 避高下 (避高下) 不避高下 — Book of Southern Qi 《南齊書》, 卷三十六 列傳第十七 謝超宗 劉祥 Volume 36 Biographies 17: Xie Chaozong, Liu Xiang — count: 2