不上 bùshàng
bùshàng
verb
not reaching; to fall short of
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '不上'; Guoyu '不上')
Contained in
- 跟不上 not able to keep up with
- 赶不上(趕不上) can't keep up with; can't catch up with; cannot overtake
- 挨不上 to be irrelevant; to be superfluous
- 比不上 can't compare with
- 数不上(數不上) not to deserve to be mentioned; not to qualify; below par
- 瞧不上 to look down upon
- 插不上手 to be unable to intervene
- 对不上(對不上) to disagree; I can't agree with that.
- 吃不上 unable to get anything to eat; to miss a meal
- 顾不上(顧不上) cannot attend to or manage
- 高攀不上 to be unworthy to associate with (somebody of higher social status)
- 谈不上(談不上) to be out of the question
- 烂泥扶不上墙(爛泥扶不上牆) useless ; worthless; inept
- 说不上(說不上) to be unable to say or tell; to not be worth mentioning
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 第四十回 Chapter 40 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 4
- 第二十一回 Chapter 21 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 4
- 第一百一回 Chapter 101 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 3
- 《曲禮上》 Summary of the Rules of Propriety Part 1 The Book of Rites 禮記 — count: 3
- 第二回 Chapter 72 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 3
- 第二回 Chapter 25 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 3
- 第二回 Chapter 2 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 3
- 第二回 Chapter 107 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 2
- 明法解第六十七 Chapter 67: Explanation of Wise Edicts Guanzi 管子 — count: 2
- 第二回 Chapter 3 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 2
Collocations
- 不上闻 (不上聞) 故季氏之亂成而不上聞 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 難三第三十八 Chapter 38: Difficulties III — count: 14
- 不上通 (不上通) 則理不上通 — Guanzi 管子, 權修第三 Chapter 3: Cultivating Authority — count: 11
- 下情不上 (下情不上) 而下情不上通 — Guanzi 管子, 明法解第六十七 Chapter 67: Explanation of Wise Edicts — count: 7
- 刑不上 (刑不上) 刑不上大夫 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《曲禮上》 Summary of the Rules of Propriety Part 1 — count: 7
- 不上大夫 (不上大夫) 刑不上大夫 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《曲禮上》 Summary of the Rules of Propriety Part 1 — count: 7
- 不上达 (不上達) 中不上達 — Xunzi 荀子, 成相篇第二十五 Chapter 25: Working Songs — count: 7
- 不上供 (不上供) 江淮賦不上供 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷十九下 本紀第十九下: 僖宗 Volume 19 Annals 19: Xizong — count: 6
- 不上同 (不上同) 而不上同於天 — Mozi 墨子, 卷三 尚同上 Book 3 - Identification with the Superior I — count: 4
- 船不上 (船不上) 馬便畏船不上 — Book of Zhou 周書, 卷28 列傳第20 史寧 陸騰 賀若敦 權景宣 Volume 28 Biographies 20: Shi Ning; Lu Teng; He Ruodun; Quan Jingxuan — count: 4
- 情不上 (情不上) 臣情不上通 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 難一第三十六 Chapter 36: Difficulties I — count: 3