"不上不下" meaning in Chinese

See 不上不下 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /pɐt̚⁵ sœːŋ²² pɐt̚⁵ haː²²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/, /pɐt̚⁵ sœːŋ²² pɐt̚⁵ haː²²/ Chinese transliterations: bùshàngbùxià [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄤˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], bat¹ soeng⁶ bat¹ haa⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], bùshàngbùxià [Phonetic:búshàngbúxià] [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], bùshàngbùsià [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], pu⁴-shang⁴-pu⁴-hsia⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], bù-shàng-bù-syà [Mandarin, Yale], bushanqbushiah [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], бушанбуся [Mandarin, Palladius], bušanbusja [Mandarin, Palladius], bāt seuhng bāt hah [Cantonese, Yale], bat⁷ soeng⁶ bat⁷ haa⁶ [Cantonese, Pinyin], bed¹ sêng⁶ bed¹ ha⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 不上不下
  1. between a rock and a hard place Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-不上不下-zh-phrase-cV5W7EUw
  2. in a bind; in a pickle Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-不上不下-zh-phrase-ZGg77jZt Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 0 68 31 1
  3. describes an awkward situation where one does not know what to do Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-不上不下-zh-phrase-gqa2KN0F
  4. inappropriate Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-不上不下-zh-phrase-rYphAf6u
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 唔上唔落 [Cantonese], 進退兩難 (jìntuìliǎngnán), 进退两难 (jìntuìliǎngnán), 進退維谷 (jìntuìwéigǔ), 进退维谷 (jìntuìwéigǔ)

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      "expansion": "不上不下",
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  "pos": "phrase",
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      "word": "唔上唔落"
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      "roman": "jìntuìliǎngnán",
      "word": "進退兩難"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "jìntuìliǎngnán",
      "word": "进退两难"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "jìntuìwéigǔ",
      "word": "進退維谷"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "jìntuìwéigǔ",
      "word": "进退维谷"
    }
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        "between a rock and a hard place"
      ],
      "id": "en-不上不下-zh-phrase-cV5W7EUw",
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        [
          "between a rock and a hard place",
          "between a rock and a hard place"
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      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "in a bind; in a pickle"
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      "id": "en-不上不下-zh-phrase-ZGg77jZt",
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          "in a bind",
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          "in a pickle"
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        "idiomatic"
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        "describes an awkward situation where one does not know what to do"
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      "id": "en-不上不下-zh-phrase-gqa2KN0F",
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "inappropriate"
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      "id": "en-不上不下-zh-phrase-rYphAf6u",
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùshàngbùxià"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄤˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat¹ soeng⁶ bat¹ haa⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùshàngbùxià [Phonetic:búshàngbúxià]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùshàngbùsià"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pu⁴-shang⁴-pu⁴-hsia⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bù-shàng-bù-syà"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bushanqbushiah"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "бушанбуся"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bušanbusja"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bāt seuhng bāt hah"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat⁷ soeng⁶ bat⁷ haa⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bed¹ sêng⁶ bed¹ ha⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ sœːŋ²² pɐt̚⁵ haː²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: búshàngbúxià]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ sœːŋ²² pɐt̚⁵ haː²²/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "不上不下"
}
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    "Chinese idioms",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Requests for pronunciation in Hokkien entries",
    "Requests for pronunciation in Teochew entries"
  ],
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      ],
      "word": "唔上唔落"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jìntuìliǎngnán",
      "word": "進退兩難"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jìntuìliǎngnán",
      "word": "进退两难"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jìntuìwéigǔ",
      "word": "進退維谷"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jìntuìwéigǔ",
      "word": "进退维谷"
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      "glosses": [
        "between a rock and a hard place"
      ],
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        [
          "between a rock and a hard place",
          "between a rock and a hard place"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
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      "glosses": [
        "in a bind; in a pickle"
      ],
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          "in a bind",
          "in a bind"
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          "in a pickle",
          "in a pickle"
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        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "describes an awkward situation where one does not know what to do"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "inappropriate"
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùshàngbùxià"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄤˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat¹ soeng⁶ bat¹ haa⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùshàngbùxià [Phonetic:búshàngbúxià]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùshàngbùsià"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pu⁴-shang⁴-pu⁴-hsia⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bù-shàng-bù-syà"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bushanqbushiah"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "бушанбуся"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bušanbusja"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bāt seuhng bāt hah"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat⁷ soeng⁶ bat⁷ haa⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bed¹ sêng⁶ bed¹ ha⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ sœːŋ²² pɐt̚⁵ haː²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: búshàngbúxià]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ sœːŋ²² pɐt̚⁵ haː²²/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "不上不下"
}

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