高下 gāoxià
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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) -
gāoxià
noun
better or worse; stronger or weaker
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Comparison
Notes: In the sense of 优劣 (CC-CEDICT '高下'; Guoyu '高下' 2) -
gāoxià
noun
more or less
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 多少 (Guoyu '高下' 3)
Contained in
- 一较高下(一較高下) to compete against; to measure oneself against; to go head to head (see who is best)
- 不分高下 equally matched; not much to distinguish who is stronger
- 贵贱高下(貴賤高下) the difference between the noble and the lowly
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷三十一 志第七 曆一 Volume 31 Treatises 7: Calendar 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 7
- 卷四十八 志第一 天文一 Volume 48 Treatises 1: Astronomy 1 History of Song 宋史 — count: 7
- 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
- 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
- 卷二十二 志第二: 禮儀二 Volume 22 Treatises 2: Rites 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 4
- 卷六十六 志第十七下: 河渠三 Volume 66 Treatises 19: Rivers and Canals 3 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 4
- 第八十七回 Chapter 87 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 4
- 卷一百三十一 志第八十四 樂六 Volume 131 Treatises 84: Music 6 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
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
- 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
- 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
- 高下广 (高下廣) 以穴高下廣陜為度 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十四 備穴 Book 14 - Preparation against Tunnelling — count: 2
- 高下清浊 (高下清濁) 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
- 高下悬 (高下懸) 高下懸邈 — Book of Sui 隋書, 卷66 列傳第31 李諤 鮑宏 裴政 柳莊 源師 郎茂 高構 張虔威 榮毗 陸知命 房彥謙 Volume 66 Biographies 31: Li E, Hao Hong, Pei Zheng, Liu Zhuang, Yuan Shi, Lang Mao, Gao Gou, Zhang Qianwei, Rong Pi, Lu Zhiming, Fang Yanqian — count: 2
- 墝高下 (墝高下) 肥墝高下 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷九 主術訓 Chapter 9: The Sovereign's Methods — count: 2